Containing the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history

In 2004, Hurricane Ivan brought down a massive oil platform operated by Taylor Energy, in the Gulf of Mexico. For years, oil has been seeping into the Gulf. Jon Wertheim reports on the efforts of a Coast Guard captain and a Cajun engineer to find a solution.
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[@Skipbo000]

The fact that this leak had been going on for 17 years is unforgivable and should ruin the Taylor's reputation for good. A company that allows something like this to go on is the OPPOSITE of benevolent.

[@kushking949]

@@discipleG3101 Sounds like the taylor family are pure not good and every single one of them will go down when they are gone

[@talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426]

Isn't Horizon still leaking too?

[@macmedic892]

Patrick Taylor died a few weeks after the platform collapsed, so his reputation shouldn’t be ruined.

[@funwithFred]

It is Taylor in conjunction with our GOVERNMENT that basically LIED about how many gallons were spilling into the gulf. I don't care HOW benevolent they have been, almost ALL big companies, the wealthy do their "benevolence", but underneath this facade, they lie about the big things.

[@mtadams2009]

@@enturnetrol7869 Unless it’s your beach, your a commercial fisherman, your a customer of said fishermen. Just because things happen all over the world does not make them ok. I worked for a very large chemical company and also turned them in. They often cut corners for profits and could careless about workers safety and the environment.

[@reconstructionmanifest7349]

"We reached out to the CEO and she declined to comment". Of course she did. People who know 100% they are wrong always hide. I have to say this is a very well done story. I am glad this was covered and the story was told. Our environment is SO IMPORTANT. We only have one earth

[@KB-ke3fi]

Yeah but you still use oil products every single day and with everything you do...down to your computer and your car and your shoes and clothes and medicines. Or you could help by moving to a shack in the woods.

[@reconstructionmanifest7349]

Being perfect isnt the standard. Everyone going back to stone age living will just simply never happen. Not without some sort of disaster that forces it. So all we can do is be aware and do what we can. It's not either all in or all out. That's not how real life works

[@chloecamp8714]

Stop being dumb. A CEO is so far removed from the front lines their decisions don't affect things like this. & not making a comment has more to do with public relations & any legal stuff going on that anything else.

[@joeschmoe4205]

Responding offers no benefit to the company. Why is anyone surprised? 🤷

[@JohnJ469]

They also refuse if they know they're being stitched up, although in this case I think you're right. But we also need to view reports with honest scepticism.

[@walterfisher9795]

Thanks to the Coast Guard, the Captain has truly saved our environment, the ocean and all the wildlife. She and the 3 amigos need to get the highest award and noterization. Thank you God for these people and their efforts, divers too. Pray for these hard working people and their families for our future environment that they saved.

[@kishascape]

No more lobbying, no more "too big to fail", no more cronyism. Companies like this should be forced to clean it up and with their own resources. If they refuse or are unable too then they need to be broken up and have all assets liquidated including the fat cat CEO and boards to put funds torwards cleanup/repair.

[@pholland8353]

Like a boss! Integrity is everything

[@cranetoks3448]

Protecting this country also means protecting its environment... So there's that. I salute this Captain. She's awesome and an inspiration.

[@breezecleanup]

It’s so crazy how hush hush this has been! It blows my mind!

[@latymz]

Legislation needs to be crafted giving the coast guard the authorization and oversight for oil spills. The federal government allowing oil companies to be responsible is ridiculous. Oil companies should be mandated to have them ready to deploy.

[@markmckean5335]

more goverment regulations... that is just what we need.

[@KNByam]

@@markmckean5335 Here we go, another stupid Republican talking point that favors rich people over the welfare of the public.

[@latymz]

@@markmckean5335 Yep, because it is crystal clear leaving business to hold themselves accountable is working 🙄. SMH 🤷🤦.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Guess what. I can "Bone" a Fish, in less than 60 Minutes. A "JELLY"Fish! We'll be right back, with more "SEA-HAW."

[@absalomdraconis]

As I recall, the oil companies _are_ required to have mitigation methods available, which they've done by funding an entire sub-industry. These guys are liable to get approached as future contractors for that industry.

[@montz6743]

Excellent work here The Coast Gaurd was indeed guarding the coast Shame on Taylors oil shame

[@m1zxry_tt832]

@Johnny Cool Pepper that well wasn't providing yall with oil. It was destroying the environment.

[@jacktaggart2489]

Phyllis Taylor is the equivalent oil equivalent of the tobacco executives who testified before Congress: "I do not believe nicotine to be addictive".

[@Nike2141]

You don't know a thing about that lady or her family. If you did you wouldn't have written such a derogatory and false statement.

[@donnacollins1356]

I think it's awesome that this machine exists and it should be in other areas to keep the waters safe

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

I dont think it has moving parts, does that mean its a system and not so much a machine?

[@kushking949]

Sounds like the taylor family are pure not good and every single one of them will go down when they are gone

[@Andre-sj5ii]

It'd be great if Taylor oil would take responsibility in the first place to avoid this

[@ok.ok.5735]

Yeah, but why would you let oil just seem out and not make money from it is beyond me, if it’s an underwater “volcano” that’s millions of dollars every year just floating away. Totally irresponsible never mind the destruction of the environment which is probably catastrophic. What about The Old Man and the Sea!

[@racerx9931]

This is a "Feel good" story about a tragic failure. Like praising a kid who digs thru trash too recycle cans so he can eat.. Oil company's throttle production to increase prices / profit. Trash the eco system and Gaslight the public while funding dirty politics.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Why hasn't Taylor Energy been sued by Gulf Coast fishermen or the EPA ?

[@Kay0Bot]

cause they paid them off

[@tripencrypt]

justice.gov/opa/pr/taylor-energy-company-pay-over-43-million-and-transfer-432-million-decommissioning-trust-fund "Taylor Energy Company LLC (Taylor Energy), a Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States upon liquidation to resolve its liability for the oil spill at its former Gulf of Mexico offshore oil production facility - the source of the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history, ongoing since 2004." That press release was issued on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by the DOJ.

[@gopackgo4036]

@@Kay0Bot exactly

[@macmedic892]

Because they’re bankrupt.

[@alostbard]

According to the video, they are so 'beloved'.

[@urmokasela5649]

It doesn´t matter if a company originated from local family business, corporation is a corporation. Greed is their game. Charity is mostly used by rich to avoid taxes. Get your blinders off.

[@deejaybundst1671]

charity is also used to downplay the harm being done. Like when Coca Cola sponsors beach cleanups, even though all the trash ends up as microplastics anyway, and Coca Cola is a leading manufacturer of plastic products that end up there.

[@johnallenbailey1103]

Facts

[@DoyleHargraves]

As a native Louisianian, I want to say that my homeland has been raped by oil, gas, and chemical companies. Oil companies are like heroin to the state.

[@MrErichonda30]

Yet you are posting on a device made from and transported by oil products.

[@teamtoken]

@@MrErichonda30 nice strawman there

[@RobinHerzig]

Wish it weren't the case but all your politicians are super corrupt 💰

[@wadeguidry6675]

Absolutely correct!

[@johnallenbailey1103]

@@MrErichonda30 these kind of comments show how bad our educational system is.

[@waltertx.6020]

Oh shame on you Taylor Oil !!! Obviously just wanted your money back out of the trust. That was great work by those engineers at Couvillion. Awesome job guys, thank you for helping our environment. You deserve all the money you can make, and then some, for protecting our environment 👍

[@marktaylor5042]

Absolutely no mention of the estimated amount of gallons spilled into Gulf waters over all these years, which is supposedly in the millions, and no figures provided about how much oil is still escaping each and every day. Taylor Oil Company also filed for bankruptcy to try and dodge it's financial responsibilities, too. Yep, a fine family company, indeed.

[@Alvin-1138]

Exactly!! And don't the forget shrimpers, fishermen, farms, and other food producers put out of business.

[@GhostSal]

And a great example of “the industry is very responsible”.

[@bigwitt187]

Same old story. Once they get caught in something they don't want to deal with, they declare bankruptcy and the taxpayers are left to clean up the mess. They make billions, we spend 10 times as much, and they always get away with it.

[@babygirl5299]

Well is that similar to the Clinton foundation the Obama foundation the Biden foundation shoot the pelosi foundation these are all family look at your bite and he has an island

[@Alvin-1138]

@@babygirl5299 oh gee "Democrats Bad"..🙄😒Take your political goofiness & go pound sand. This is about _greed_ and oil; not D vs R. Did you forget an Exxon Exec was Trump's _Secretary of State?_ Or that the Bush's are from Texas Oil Country? 🤯

[@FrankMatthews001]

Thank you to the cost guard/the three men and all parties involved 🙏🏾

[@daedae1522]

Sea divers are some of the bravest individuals in my book !

[@TomBudin]

huge sharks casually swimming in the office

[@DMWBN3]

And highest paid, for a reason. I knew one & he played hard & worked hard.

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

You can see a shark checking out one of them just after 9:50

[@PeytonKendallTV]

@@Corn0nTheCobb thats a big amberjack

[@markhansen8078]

The activities of the oil companies are horrendous. The only way this sort of thing is going to stop is if the ceo's of these oil companies are held responsible for their actions and potentially face jail time instead of just fines. To them fines are just numbers that do not effect them at all really. Time in prison effects them directly.

[@vasilyospenov8196]

You just jumped on the I hate oil companies bandwagon is all....you have no idea what you're talking about. So I suppose you're just going to start living in the forest because you do realize every single thing around you is made using oil.

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

The reality is much worse… because corporations are legally people, the company itself is held liable for damages and not individual executives or board members who made all the decisions. Worst case scenario… stock prices drop enough that the board decides to change leadership and the CEO is cut a fat $80 million severance check. It’s worse than a slap on the wrist… they’re actually rewarded

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

@@enturnetrol7869 There are economic impacts as well to these man made oil spills… since you clearly don’t care at all about the environmental impact. Contaminated waters ruin fishing and tourism seasons, wrecking lives of countless business owners. Strange how these costs are incurred by man made spills and not natural occurrences

[@markhansen8078]

@@jabrokneetoeknee6448 We need to ditch the dino juice.... Should have started back in the 70's. The writing was on the wall but our leaders let us down. They are still failing us.

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

@@enturnetrol7869 “Environmentalism is a business” ummm what is oil then? Hahaha If we’re measuring harm you would be very hard pressed to find a business responsible for human suffering on the scale of big oil.

[@creos42]

Glad this is finally being addressed in a functional way that protects the environment. This has been going on for far too long. BZ CAPT Luttrell!

[@cerebraldreams4738]

The new technology could also be used for far more than just one or two oil spills. I imagine we have quite a few of them off the coastlines of the United States.

[@charleswomack2166]

This is precisely why I am always nice to engineers! Actually, I am nice to everyone, but I am particularly nice and GRATEFUL to engineers!

[@jordanlarson6488]

the "Taylor's generosity"... Right, not fixing an oil spill for almost two decades. Real generous.

[@nelsonpun]

wow i cant believe that taylor sued when someone cleaned up their mess better than them. What a total joke.

[@Smooth_Operator]

they sued so they can get that 450m$ back, but they lost

[@RobinHerzig]

Infuriating agree

[@AllIsWellaus]

One of the best environmental outcomes I've seen in a while. I remember when it happened. Great article.

[@DrJohnnyJ]

You are easily pleased. The spill should never have happened.

[@lollardismontop1026]

@@DrJohnnyJ but it did get over it

[@razzledingle]

These engineers are heroes of the highest order.

[@dimidomo7946]

Shameful that corporations and/or businesses find it so extremely difficult to admit guilt, negligence and/or a % of culpability of an act that causes harm to others. Loss of revenue and negative public perception are normally the reason(s) to either evade or obfuscate the truths.

[@troybanks8353]

And here I've always been under the impression that this was exactly what the purpose of the EPA was. It's good to see that at some point down the line our tax dollars meet innovative and responsible people who can and will get the job done. My thanks and admiration go out to them.

[@junglechick13]

The oíl and gas companies need to pay to clean up their mess, not the taxpayer.

[@zombiebillcosby]

@@junglechick13 exactly, they try to make us “feel good” by doing “green things”. Essentially passing us the buck when these jackasses are the one contributing to the issue.

[@johndoe-so2ef]

As most of my personal experience with the EPA has been extremely negative, I am surprised to be in full agreement with you.

[@MisstressMourtisha]

Applause to the 5 people that do their job .

[@MrTaxiRob]

Taylor should be paying for the solution

[@Flaschenlimo]

Here in Germany we learn in driving school!, that even 1 drop of oil could make 600 liters (156 Gallons) of drinking water inedible.

[@ssherrierable]

Good thing they aren’t drinking that ocean water lol

[@GhostSal]

@@ssherrierable Except we do eat the fish that drink that water.

[@GhostSal]

The really sad thing is this is far from an isolated event, look up Texaco and the Amazon, the gulf oil spill and numerous other incidents. On top of all that plastic, garbage and nuclear waste they put in the ocean.

[@greghenner4978]

You sure would hate to know how much crude oil is in your food. 1 drop of oil won't do anything to anyone.

[@Nike2141]

See the Government is still lying to German people on an epic scale. Is this the 1930s?

[@Flyfishing1267-t1e]

This is incredibly sad

[@georgef1176]

Thank you to those who worked to fix this.

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

I'm afraid they lost that "benevolent corporate entity" crown when they cut and run on the disaster they created.

[@starPacific]

The best part was finding out at the end that Taylor Energy dissolved. There should be no place in society for corporations who throw away the environment and human lives in exchange for profit.

[@GhostSal]

The sad thing is they may have dissolved but I bet they started up under a new name.

[@absalomdraconis]

@@GhostSal : If they restart, then they'll likely do it small. They probably ran out of money, and were counting on recovering that locked-up money to continue their operations _at all._

[@blackhawk7r221]

The feds forced Taylor to set up a trust years ago to address the spill. It’s about 452 million.

[@terryreifsteck]

Another major producer in the GOM lost 26 production platforms around the same time as the single Taylor platform failure. I was part of the team that recovered all 26 wrecks and successfully plugged over 300 wells within a six year period. The expertise is out there to accomplish much more than has been done to this site.

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

They most likely don't know who or where to look to to find that expertise it's like finding a good mechanic to work on your car someone who you can really trust and see the actual Diagnostics and work being done

[@terryreifsteck]

@@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442 Perhaps. Our operation spanned the years 2007 to 2012. The Coast Guard knew very well who we were and what we were doing. There’s been a talent drain ongoing since 2016 though. That could explain things.

[@ssherrierable]

@@terryreifsteck talent drain? More like loss of men with balls big enough to do the job. Sat diving is already scary than these ones have sharks that size swimming up on them.

[@absalomdraconis]

I suspect that Taylor ran out of money. The story mentioned at the end that they've disolved.

[@chris-cy5ed]

@@absalomdraconis filed bankruptcy and kept money thats how it happens and then open up through another name i think

[@tadolph82]

Former Taylor Oil CEO's needs to be investigated and charged just for their actions to litigate the coast guard and Couvion...what a pathetic shame for the environment

[@vgold4286]

Great reporting and production quality as always.

[@chortlesinthecorner]

Love how simple the fix is. Put a box over it, oil will rise above the water in said box, have a valve on top of the box that allows the oil to flow up and out.

[@kushking949]

Sounds like the taylor family are pure not good and every single one of them will go down when they are gone

[@deadpanfish]

Most certainly not a fix. It's devastatingly sad and 100% preventable.

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

It's remedial at best. There's clearly a lot of oil still escaping. Still, this guy is doing a great job. I live on the Gulf Coast and it is very polluted.

[@macmedic892]

It’s a patch, not a fix. The fix will come when the wells are permanently plugged.

[@chortlesinthecorner]

@LG Leblanc Did you watch the video? Even the inventors were shocked that the invention was relatively simple. Yes, at it's scale it very large and expensive, but the act tool is a simple one.

[@aurtisanminer2827]

It’s nice to hear some good news for once.

[@cristianhrvatin3543]

A huge amount of gratitude to the people involved in cleaning up this mess. 👍🤙✌️❤️😁

[@barbaraGobert31]

are you serious? it's not a charity, I worked there, people are making money hand over fist off that 432 million dollars...I was there. that $432 million dollars used to be 970 million ten years ago...half a billion dollars has been spent to basically make the world's biggest gravity bong lol, that's all it is really, the three amigos were prolly smoking pot when they came up with it lol, not that it doesn't work cause it does but still. So I worked there as a cook on board one of the ROV support vessels and I made decent money, much more than I would have as a cook on land...I had access to the FINEST INGREDIENTS with which to prepare meals for the people involved in the project...one night we boiled hundreds of pounds of lobsters...just because. it was good don't get me wrong but just like any massive project like that the controls on the money could be better. What place do you know that would foot the bill for that? hundreds of pounds of lobsters for everyone on a Wednesday JUST BECAUSE WE WERE BORED AND WE COULD! Thousands of dollars on a single meal! yeah the gravity bong works but the truth is is this VERY SMALL SPILL would have continued another 100 years it wouldn't change a thing, and I'm raising a daughter right here in Louisiana and this very small spill is the farthest thing from my mind...CRIME, POVERTY,AND DISEASE are the real dangers...WAR, GOVERNMENT instability! Jesus Christ will have LONG RETURNED before this spill could have had any major impacts. No it's not a good thing but Louisiana losing the Taylors and all they did for our state plus the Louisiana owned and operated business that created thousands of GOOD PAYING JOBS and sent tens of thousands of kids to college through the TOPS programs was the REAL DISASTER. Not that the coast guard did anything wrong but for God's sake show some perspective please. This spill would never have affected my family or yours, but my daughter has a much worse chance of receiving a college education or finding a good job now because Taylor energy is no more. We're real people who work in the oil and gas industry, real people with real families and real needs, forgive me but my child is more important to me than some dead school of amberjack! until Christ returns and sets things right we live cin an imperfect world, and in an imperfect world a GOOD JOB is one of the best things to have. People aren't exactly lining up to be fisherman, it's a hard life, but people were lining up to work at Taylor energy, I know I was there I LIVED THROUGH IT, my dad was a crane mechanic and inspector on Taylors offshore installations in the late 90s early 2000s for two years ...my family did well. The bills were paid,there was food on the table,clothes on our back and STABILITY. You environmentalists would sacrifice all stability in the world so you have pretty trees to look at while you starve and wander around in poverty all living is some dystopian socialist nightmare. That's what happens when you take the jobs and an industry from a community... want to see what it looks like? go to Huntington West Virginia and drive around...go to the supermarket there on the first and 15th and see what a community ENTIRELY subsidized by the federal government looks like...it's a HOPELESS PLACE full of drug addiction and POVERTY. people are more important than plants and animals Idc what any of you say.

[@cristianhrvatin3543]

@@barbaraGobert31 BS!

[@88mphDrBrown]

So Taylor just lied about it recommended to do nothing, and if that wasn't enough they sued the only people trying to mitigate the harm they caused.

[@GhostSal]

Don’t think for a moment this is an isolated incident, look up Texaco and the Amazon, the Gulf oil “spill” and the numerous other incidents.

[@88mphDrBrown]

@@GhostSal the amount of corporations that have gotten away with knowingly poisoning people and the environment is appalling. You know what the penalty for ANY oil spill in North Dakota is? Regardless of size or amount of damage any oil spill is literally a one dollar fine.

[@GhostSal]

@@88mphDrBrown I’m not surprised at all, we like to think our government isn’t corrupted but it’s 3rd would level corrupt (at least for the big business críminals, they are in tight with the govt).

[@SirManDudeGuy1]

It's common courtesy. You make the mess, you clean it up. If someone else cleaning YOUR mess up finds a diamond, finders keepers.

[@rickmsu1271]

Great story and much Thanks to the Captain, the Team of 3 and all of the divers who helped make this happen. Taylor Oil shameful actions on your part

[@salome10011]

Thank you for covering this.

[@devilpupbear09]

Oh it's hot and wet and slick 🎶 And it's making everybody sick 🎶 OIL SPILL! Oil Spill! oil spill 🎶

[@MikeLaRock88]

I love that the coast guard became a part of this. Never would've guessed, but it makes sense

[@nataliegabler4911]

shows one person can make a difference! Thanks Captain

[@hector-cw3lx]

These guys are heros. These oil companies are the problem

[@gregrice1354]

Nice work by CBS/Viacom on correcting their longstanding failure to caption their programming on KZbin - as has been required by law for years. It appears they are making fast work of captioning their backlog and large library of 60 Minutes videos, many of which were edited to be shorter clips that the length of the entire shows, in order to attempt to avoid legal requirements to caption ALL their content on the Internet (all programming passed over IP - Internet Protocol - regulated by the FCC.). Thank God for the non-profit services such as Internet Archives that makes permanent records of web postings, and makes such crimes and violations less likely and more easily and successfully prosecuted. 6-6-2022

[@KareforBrenda]

Thank God for the resilience of those Scientist and engineers. I hope we continue to protect the environment.

[@grantallard]

I first heard of this leak a couple of years after Katrina, but searches over the years kept turning up mostly old reports I'd already viewed. I could not understand the inaction and lack of urgency towards this abandoned insult to the marine environment.

[@kimberlyhouston1664]

It shouldn’t matter who does the clean up as long as it gets done. Hats off to it actually being done. More people should care instead of filling suits.

[@SpaceRanger187]

Now if we can just do something about all the plastic.

[@patriciatoomingtheplantpar2558]

Those who make and create the mess should be the ones responsible for cleaning it up since they make HUGE profit from it, your way of thinking is why we have super clean up sites, and super clean up funds... Who pays for that??? WE DO! Who profited from it??? NOT WE THE PEOPLE!

[@urmokasela5649]

Yes, it matters. Privatizing profits and socializing losses has been going on for too long. If others have to solve it, company should be forced to foot the bill.

[@davidturner2128]

How would you feel if your rich neighbors threw their garbage and had their dogs crap on your lawn? Come on it totally matters who cleans it up if it’s obvious who made the mess.

[@chriscarbaugh3936]

You have two respect Capt Luttrell was empowered and is doing the “right” thing.

[@nicoletorcolini5316]

This is why we have to stop off shore drilling.

[@samueltucker8473]

Beautiful and encouraging story. Well done. Hats off to the awesome captain and all those who worked with her to solve the problem. And yet those responsible for that mess didn't want it cleaned up? Much thanks 👍 is due to those who have cleaned up those millions of gallons of oil. Shame on those in the industry who tried to stop the cleanup. If they had their way. . . how much worse it could have gotten?

[@johnniefauvergue6723]

These fellows deserve a medal

[@dustintravis8791]

Another reason why we need to get rid of our dependency of oil. Renewables all the way.

[@richardcranium3417]

Except when it’s cloudy or the wind isn’t blowing and the batteries are dead. Enjoy the heat and humidity……and hot beer.

[@williamevans6522]

There aren't more frequent hurricanes.. That said, Taylor needs to take responsibility for their mess.

[@cee3tv689]

Wow, I remember how terrible that spill was but had no idea it was allowed to go on that long. Big Thanks to the engineers, and everyone else involved containing this mess !! 🙏🏼✌🏼❤️

[@luisfrancisco878]

This 3 amigos need to be put in history as heros

[@pattimiller9157]

Thank God these men figured it out ..save our planet ❤

[@IB4UUB4ME]

Too LATE!

[@scsc4159]

Hurricane Ivan bought down the Taylor Energy massive oil platform into the Gulf of Mexico. They call it the longest oil spill ever in 2022, because no one could get it capped. Does anyone know has it been capped now?

[@18000rpm]

Owner and executives of Taylor Energy should be in jail.

[@steviefranchize21]

Taylor had plenty of time, in fact way to much time to make things right. Glad these guys figured it out, they deserve any credit given and shouldn’t have to give taylor a penny. Taylor should be thanking them.

[@macbuff81]

Nice engineering by those folks. That lawsuit by that oil company against them shows just how utterly lacking they are in terms of taking responsibility. Despicable. However, this is yet another reason why we need to end our destructive addition to fossil fuels. And yeah, you will always get the right answer when you follow the money

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

They are Southern Socialites.. They didn't know who or where to turn to it's like trying to find a good mechanic to work on your car one that you know you can trust who knows what really is going on and will give you a fair price

[@E_C_Moneys]

Yes there should no longer be anything left of this company due to fact they should have been forced to spend every last cent to contain this..... things need to change in this country this is BS

[@WackyNZ]

Think here in NZ we have banned off shore rigs in NZ waters.

[@Gsoda35]

A shameful behaviour by that oil company. they should have been cleaning up after themselves even if it ruined them and then surrender all properties to the government.

[@mariatorres5563]

Great work, those guys deserve the best from all of us in the states...the have saved the enviroment from so much pollution

[@dvilleonthemap99]

Thank you guys 🤝

[@thailandtimelapse420]

sounds like administrators of both public and private sectors were becoming negligent and senile of old age and wealth

[@sonnyeast3862]

There’s a wreck in key west that’s been seeping oil for like 80 years, however it’s so little that the environmental effects are minimal.You can find it by a slight oil slick in the surface.

[@lydias2012]

A slight oil slick? That is too much. Would you want a slight oil sheen on your drinking water?

[@richardcranium3417]

@@lydias2012 so get in touch with the government and let them know you want the Arizona battleship salvaged from Pearl Harbor. It’s been seeping fuel oil since Dec 7 1941. Tell them right now. Key West would be salt water. Can’t drink it.

[@lydiasimoneau931]

@@richardcranium3417 Been there seen that lived in Hawaii. It is one ship vs over 25 wells. Yes you do not drink sea water but what about the ecosystem effects on fishing, reefs etc. One drop of of oil will contaminate 157 gallons of drinking water.

[@floridagirl9064]

@@lydiasimoneau931 how? oil & water do not mix

[@lydias2012]

@@floridagirl9064 So the oil magically goes away? Exon Valdez not so much. Alaska is still recovering. It collects as tar and covers animals, plants and beaches. Just go back back under your rock...oh sorry I mean shell Florida Girl.

[@Seveneleven44]

All this tells me, if you have a big bank account, the rules do not apply to you in any way.

[@svatn255]

Appreciate the hard work and courage of the Team to prevent the huge loss of our maritime wealth…, Keep going…. 60 minutes ….

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

It is what 60 minutes had started out doing and know for exposing material just like this they've been on the job since the early seventies

[@TheDuckumz]

"Nobody wants oil in their back yard" I think the Beverly Hillbilly's would disagree. 🤣In all honesty though with the oil and gas situation right now i wouldn't mind having some in my back yard...

[@nathanielanderson4898]

This story makes me sick to my stomach.

[@gopackgo4036]

You think this is bad, you haven’t seen what multinational corporations can do.

[@rokyericksonroks]

That’s what 60 Minutes is all about : making people sick. You won’t emerge better informed 61 minutes later, but you will get angry at someone that the show’s producers decided you should be angry with. Now stop driving your car and using petroleum based products including medicines. That should ease the sickness in your stomach.

[@GEOsustainable]

Thank God someone stepped up.

[@csnide6702]

This is EXACTLY why the Keystone pipeline was closed down and why we MUST Stop the pipeline in the Mackinac Straits . The safety record of the Oil Industry is appalling and HORRIBLE.

[@edwardroche2480]

The Keystone Pipeline was never shut down it and continues to run today. The Keystone XL pipeline was an extension that was being planned. It was never even built. Their permits were revoked because they went over sensitive water areas and rivers something belonging to tribal Nations. Keystone Pipeline is still pumping oil from Canada today. The extension I believe would have run from Oklahoma to Mississippi River or something.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

The USA alone has pipelines that could go around the world two times.That's a very high safety record if you think about it.

[@rack9458]

Pipelines are the safest mode of transportation. When you shut down pipelines then oil will travel in more dangerous modes like trains and trucks.

[@csnide6702]

@@edwardroche2480 that is what I was referring to

[@csnide6702]

@@rack9458 are you at all familiar with the pipeline under the Mackinac straits...? it does NOTHING for the US - it starts in Canada and finishes in Canada ... The great lakes take all the risk while gaining NOTHING ... Does that sound wise to you.....?

[@abandonedminesofpennsylvan266]

Many conventional oil wells in Pennsylvania from the 1800's are still leaking today.

[@johnallenbailey1103]

They have uncapped oil wells all over LA too

[@cybrfriends5089]

Remember when the Republicans said Climate Change was a hoax? Remember when they said the virus was a hoax? Vote for the people who cares for the world.

[@Yah-Izoa-Hakaboth]

Are you referring to presidents? If so, did you not know that *Bohemian Grove* is where they pick the presidents? Yup, so when people go and vote. It is all a scam and a distraction!

[@orale_vato]

Liberals and Democrats is what has brought the US down to their knees today.

[@sendthis9480]

Plenty of folks said climate change was a hoax. It definitely is not just republicans. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad it’s the “kewl thing” to be environmentally friendly lately…however along with the mass influx of new environmentalists Inevitably also brings audacity and quite a bit of Dunning Kruger effect. Are we damaging the Earth and should we do things to mitigate that? Yes! Definitely! Is the Earth going to end next week unless we ban all plastics and stop using oil tomorrow? Nah. Not even close. When you are refutable….you garner traction for your opposition. Too many emotional folks have clouded the waters for TRUE environmentalism. Remember…PEOPLE are part of the environment, and not having a concern for human societal needs is very much the opposite of environmentalism. FYI: politics = opposition. There is ZERO reason for politicians unless there is reason to oppose. Opposition is NOT what is going to help our planet. Even worse for environment is the mentality: “Vote for the person that cares for the world….as long as it fits my political narrative”. Know your role, drama queen. Your assumption of politics has ZERO business in a discuss about our environment. Quit begging for attention via rhetoric. It makes you look pathetic.

[@richardcranium3579]

Hurricanes were in fact stronger pre-SUV…..look it up……180-185 mph range.

[@milty456]

Shocker that a corporation would do that

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

The fact that this has been going on for 17 years speaks volumes to the state of the US justice system. A system where money talks louder than any lawyer.

[@bc5891]

The worst of gulf oil spills has yet to come. Someday someone will pay big money to politicians to get approval for a lease with a pocket of oil no platform can handle and will be the biggest disaster this world has ever seen. I worked in the pipe business and was told about this oil pocket by one of our lead sales guys who also said the big oil guys have been trying to figure out a way to tap into that oil pocket for decades. Its supposed to be larger than the state of Texas and has so much pressure it would shoot oil 100's of feet in the air on top of the gulf. This is the world we live in and big oil will destroy it

[@TheA426baja]

Don’t believe double talk the Devil always speaks with a fork tongue

[@bigmanforce]

the fact that they refused an interview should tell you somethin too lol

[@ConservativeJuggaloPodcast]

what about the 2010 spill that i think is still ongoing as far as i know.....

[@macmedic892]

You mean the Deepwater Horizon/BP Macondo blowout? That well was sealed after five months.

[@ConservativeJuggaloPodcast]

@@macmedic892 snap I think you’re right, it’s the Fukushima plant that’s been poisoning us for 11 years. I pretty much stay away from seafood

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

More oil, more oil spills, sounds great doesn't it?

[@flower4598]

Great story with a even greater ending, thanks!

[@Skipbo000]

That 17 years went by and nothing was being done about a major, constant oil leak???

[@paxwebb]

And nobody went to jail when clearly they should

[@Joshuabryabt-gf6sc]

Props to this guy who just wanted to protect the ocean, he and his team created a magnificent device to collect the pollution and it's still working today!

[@donwold1622]

Yea... they're not raking in millions of dollars... Wait. Yes, they are!

[@sanjuansteve]

#SwitchToSolarEndWars Let's put solar panels on every home, business and covered parking rooftop and switch to electric vehicles making nearly everything we do solar powered while completely decentralizing our power supply and empowering everyone as power generation owners. Solar power is CHEAPER and electric vehicles are soon to be CHEAPER to make and already are considerably CHEAPER to maintain and operate, especially if charged from your own solar power. A 3-5 year ROI (return on investment) for a solar array that will generate power for decades is a no-brainer and the panels can even be made locally too. #EndFossilFuels #EndNukes #SwitchToSolar #SwitchToElectric #GreenNewDeal #EmpowerEveryone #DEMEXIT #StillSandersPlatform #RepublicansAreNazis

[@MrAwesomeSaucem]

I don't entirely disagree but it's a lot easier said than done. It's it's not that easy due to political, economical, and logistical reasons -- at least yet.

[@sanjuansteve]

@@MrAwesomeSaucem We have the ability. What we lack, as you demonstrate, is the will. Apathy abounds...

[@richardcranium3579]

So never mind the environmental impact of the batteries?

[@christhompson3750]

Hit Taylor Oil with a clean up bill. That'll shut them up.

[@waryinzero]

What a great story. That oil has been there for millions of years. At least some conscientious people knew well enough to clean up someone else’s mess. Now if someone could invent something to catch all those invasive carp in the Great Lakes

[@jaypeterson7642]

had an idea before they got there. asked for u.s. fish and wild life to test it but no. have a way to severely deplete the numbers of pythons in everglades but no they won't test it . have a way to help with accidents from black ice and lower co2 emissions at the same time to be tested and gave copies to auto dealers but no answers and no testing , a way to help fish that people want to release after being cought but dnr won't test. so if you actually live in reality you would know the patent system would have patents for more things to help us all with a 1st 1 free to be paid if it makes money but no so face the fact inventions aren't wanted if huge corporations can't take all of it so the inventor can be treated as a worthless drain on the society they want to improve . if i invented a way to destroy lives and property like a new bomb sure would get some help then huh. so that the paid for politicians that think only of the bribes they get and the court system that allows the police to not use my invention of a 3 memory card camera system they can't turn off and on at will 1 keep by uniformed officer to protect themselves 2nd goes into locked box to be reviewed by chief ect. at any time to either retrain or remove as needed 3rd put in locked box at end of shift that is removed to a location they have no access to and only viewed in open court trial to ensure the video's aren't changed. how many lives not destroyed and less court and lawyer costs ? and yet real estate agent got millions in ppp money when doing better than ever of forgivable loans and the bankruptcy laws that allow billions to continually failing owners and cops that don't get charged for horrible things only have to quit to go to another force and get a job to do it again. or a judicial review board that can't check any individual case of bad judges or many other things like legal enslavement by breaking a state law passed on lies or not like no medicinal use for marihuana and that meth or cocain is better for you do you ever speak up to not be the 1 left with no-one to speak up for you ? and remember was illegaly arrested - told by guard they know couldn't have happened while another said i'm stupid and lazy while the prosecutor didn't follow court orders and no jail for them and not released as ordered. and it goes on and on and on

[@BurdenofTheMighty]

@@jaypeterson7642 you’re trying to make a difference in the wrong country. In America, If you want it to go anywhere, you need to monetize it. That’s what Tesla did.

[@bobbleheadmoe]

Killing our eco system

[@The_Real_Deeda]

GREED!

[@HolzMichel]

if Taylors lawsuits are based upon the findings of "experts", they should fire those "experts" and go hire new ones....

[@sarahjoe61]

oh, my heart aches for mother earth. Time to stop this.

[@teamtoken]

@George Jones and theres a reason why it’s buried deep beneath the earths surface.

[@rokyericksonroks]

When will solar deliver all the promises made since the 1970s? Solar energy scams will be with us for decades to come and we will STILL be dependant on petroleum. There are huge reserves in GOM and cleanup tech can/must be brought up to 21st century standards.

[@Megadextrious]

Benevolent and oil company should not be in the same sentence, except maybe to say that they’re basically antonyms…

[@williameichner7177]

Yes sir there is a simple answer to your simple question. When times are good it takes money to make money,share the wealth. Well folds over and collapses bank accounts are going down instead of up. Those people would never be humanitarians all those pretty pictures that were painted before that collapse were to make money. Smile for the camera darling.

[@jrann2667]

Another reason to distrust oil companies. It is always about the money and power.

[@williameichner7177]

The owners of the damaged well are related to the bronzed Don.

[@macmedic892]

[citation needed]

[@richardcranium3579]

So by some big stretch that makes him guilty in this…..wow. Strain something reaching for that?

[@chuckfarly835]

love how they say stubborn oil spill , these companies are just so carless

[@cadebritt8001]

Taylor definitely is republican in every manner and way.

[@macmedic892]

No he’s been voting Democrat since dying in 2004.

[@richardcranium3579]

Uh huh. And Brandon definitely is a demo left. Inflation unmatched in generations. Gas prices…etc etc

[@cadebritt8001]

@@richardcranium3579 your a joker. And before man discovered fire their was street lights.

[@nickytheyahoo_]

......since 2019, and how many years you been doing this ? hold on lemme get my calculator.......yep 2 years

[@Amazingpally]

The idea I wish to convey is, that the result of the highest intellection in the scientifically occupied brain is the evolution of a sublimated form of spiritual energy, which, in the cosmic action, is productive of illimitable results, while the automatically acting brain holds or stores up in itself only a certain quantum of brute force that is unfruitful of benefit for the individual or humanity.

[@MrAwesomeSaucem]

You use these words yet I don't think you know what they mean lol. Define quantum

[@RobertMJohnson]

would you stop with the pseudo-intellectual drivel please? you said NOTHING at all

[@MrAwesomeSaucem]

@@RobertMJohnson Some people think that the use of big words is equivalent to actual intelligence.

[@Segar1991]

I love how prices are crazy but it just happened to be the longest running spill

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

Andy Taylor wants his name back... The Three Amigos in this Coast Guard officer are true heroes and we need much much much more of this in place of the organized corruption war on us