The Longest Running US Oil Spill You've Never Heard Of

When Hurricane Ivan knocked over an offshore oil platform off the coast of Louisiana in 2004, oil started leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. The company that owned the platform went bankrupt and never had the well capped. It wasn't until 15 years later that the US Coast Guard hired Timmy Couvillion to use his specially designed containment device to start collecting the leaking oil. But to this day, the leak continues from America's longest running oil spill.
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[@Hollowsmith]

Taylor: "It's basically fixed. There's only a couple gallons a day leaking." US Coast Guard: "Actually we have proof that there's hundreds of gallons leaking each day." Taylor: "Yea whatever but, even if we were wrong, there's nothing that can be done to stop the leaking." Couvillion: "Actually, we just figured out how to contain the oil to prevent the leaking into the ocean." Taylor: "Yea whatever but, even if we were wrong again, we're suing you since you aren't qualified to know what you're doing." Vice: "What are you talking about? Couvillion did way better than you at minimizing this problem." Taylor: "We're now suing Vice for reporting on us suing Couvillion for fixing what we couldn't fix...because they're so unqualified."

[@jayjohn9680]

‘Experts’ are todays popes

[@chigasaki06]

This story needs to go viral. It needs international publicity to shame that scumbag company into doing what's right, including dropping the lawsuit.

[@needmoreramsay]

Proof there are still a few decent people in positions of power.

[@bigmac7077]

Wouldn’t even be surprised if they sued vice

[@TehPwnerer]

Great summary, it's laughable whichever judge gets this will either laugh or be pissed at the absurdity.

[@Joel-ew1zm]

Oil companies self report leaks? That sounds like a conflict of interest if I ever heard one.

[@mikecollier7732]

Yeah, I think we can trust the fox to watch the chicken coop.

[@bigcity2085]

Crazier than Congress giving themselves raises and tax cuts ? Crazier than big oil paying zero in taxes,....and getting refunds to boot ? Crazier than the wall street collapse that almost broke THE WORLD economy, and not ONE person was found guilty of ANYthing ? This country is ONE BIG Conflict of interest....the rich conflict OUR interests to their benefit. That's why we're 30 trillion in debt with nothing to show for it.

[@vihreelinja4743]

Not if the taxpayers pay for cleanup.

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

A lot of "regulation" in the US works like that. The government doesn't haven't the money, personnel, or will so they just let companies "self regulate" themselves, most notably the energy and aerospace industries.

[@aboogie797]

Just like COPS investigating themselves for an alleged crime they committed. People do not investigate themselves very well. All this corruption must be STOPPED.

[@jackwillis680]

Any time a corporation tells you “nothing more can be done” or “the technology isn’t there yet” you know they’re lying and just trying to protect themselves from becoming irrelevant.

[@lendoggtheking]

all the while the company remains solvant and the oil keeps leaking, something more can be done!

[@Carl2k7]

Judging by how little oil is leaking out of the wells (it’s tiny by normal production standards) it means the downhole pressure of the resivour is depleted, it would be so easy to just concrete in the tubing head or install a cap, it’s not even deep water! It’s diveable!

[@JacksonHoulihan]

If there’s nothing more that can be done or the technology isn’t there yet then they have no business operating in the first place.

[@lendoggtheking]

@@JacksonHoulihan "the tech just isn't ready" is the industry standard euphemism we cant be arsed!

[@adityashaw3198]

It's like they're saying that It's not profitable to stop the spill so we won't

[@grw707]

Requiring oil companies to report their oil spills is about the same as having police departments conduct their own investigations after somebody gets fatally shot after a traffic stop.

[@rogerscurlock2927]

And just like having random people on the internet who know nothing about environmental science, the oil industry, policing, and law make ininformed judgements.

[@grw707]

@@rogerscurlock2927 ok boomer

[@cocaine_hookers]

Dont like it stop driving.

[@williamyoung9401]

What country is this where multi-national Corporations can just lie? If you can't trust the multi-nationals, who can you trust?

[@christopherlaw9184]

Even when caught red handed, such a company cannot even face and accept the truth that they failed in their duty and work to mankind.

[@davadh]

They ran off with the money and didn't even have to spend a dime cleaning up the mess. Regulations failed

[@CraftyF0X]

Yea you know the problem is that they don't work for mankind and they don't have a duty towards it either. They work for the shareholders the only duty they have is to deliver evergrowing profit and that's it. The results speaks for themselves.

[@davidc2838]

@@davadh WRONG...they have money that was put into a trust fund that can be used to pay for the clean-up / damages. It's in the video. Although there definitely should be better oversight...so THOSE regulations need to be better.

[@aj-sz8mu]

they have really good lawyers and a lot of money to lobby. thats easier to do sadly.

[@jonnym4670]

@Jo you think they care about there family over profits?

[@armadilloburns4880]

If a poor man steals, he goes to prison and if a rich man steals, he is made a king!

[@danmystro]

Well clearly Taylor wasn't was he..?

[@Stardust414]

Best point I've seen in this entire comment thread

[@brianbatey9281]

If you need evidence the rich have a different justice system.

[@hostileenvironment6107]

Give this man a cookie.

[@denniskelley2697]

If a poor man doesn't report his taxes, he goes to prison and if a rich man doesn't report his taxes he is made president

[@papwithanhatchet902]

This is a near textbook example of a SLAPP suit. Wipe Taylor out by forcing them to immediately rectify the leak and mitigate damages despite costs, then send those responsible for this environmental crime to prison.

[@robbanks4356]

I don't you understand how the system works. Laws are just for peons not rich people.

[@ThatOneGuyWhoPwns]

@@robbanks4356 terrifying but true

[@m.k.mcgill]

Taylor broke up and sold off in 2008. So.. mission accomplished?

[@kisahnalahnpoveda9068]

I live right on the Gulfcoast and have never heard anyone ever talk about this. Good job reporting Vice. Reminds me of old Vice.

[@atlas3870]

Wrote a report on this spill in 2016 for a school project, and 4 years later they didn’t do anything to fix it. Glad to see action is being taken now

[@titoraddingi5444]

Would love to read your report .

[@havair432able]

Your report didnt do a damn thing for mankind is what you're saying?

[@rrestoring_faith]

Did you send it to them or something?

[@Godsavethecrumpets]

maybe if you sent that report to someone other than your teacher...

[@everythingtechpro007]

2016?? Its 2021 now. And its only one spill we know off. There might a several more from this stupid oil company.

[@jonatanjimenez466]

It’s crazy how a company has more say on the land than the people living in it.

[@hostileenvironment6107]

You should see some villages in Africa or fishing villages that have been used by oil company’s. It’s really sad some places there is no readily available drinking water withen 10-15 mile or more radius. Ocean water was pure oil 🤢

[@railroadforest30]

Exactly

[@kellyfehr3719]

I keep wondering if them hurricanes that sweep through the gulf of mexico are picking it up and slathering the whole southern US in oil.

[@amandap9332]

Thats "private property" rules for you. Private property ownership is a scam against humanity and we should abolish it.

[@aapp953]

Even worse when its outside of their own country and they make the decisions for the land and the people. The ceo of chase Bank told the Mexican government that they need to get rid of their indigenous population that are not permitting corporate take over of their land

[@b3k887]

Anyone else notice the improvement recently in some of VICE's stories? Maybe they have listened to us complaining about the massive drop in quality they've had. I hope to keep seeing more stuff like this posted!

[@Veritas-invenitur]

Maybe all of the attacks from Tim Pool have gotten vice back on track

[@hackhenk]

Vice has always had a huge variance in quality of content. It was like this 8 years ago too, great content followed by a period of crap.

[@jona.scholt4362]

@John Adams Hahaha, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Thank you for that.

[@Calaverakid]

@@Veritas-invenitur lol imagine tim having any influence on anything other than his crater brained viewers

[@Veritas-invenitur]

@@Calaverakid I want you to understand something. Name calling and labeling others might be fun but at the end of the day, it's actually weakness. When you label someone or call someone names, you are actually doing yourself a disservice. By categorizing them you are unintentionally creating a bias concerning everything about them in your mind. For example, you lable someone as crazy. The person you labeled as crazy tells you that your partner is cheating on you. You do not listen because you think they are crazy. You marry your partner. Then you find out they were cheating on you all along. You get divorced. And now you have lost 50% of your assets to your bow former partner and 10% of your assets to lawyers. Had you not labeled them, you would have asked why the person said your partner was cheating. But you had to label them. So you got heavily burned for it.

[@cola98765]

US talking about Chernobyl: "look at those commies not letting the public know about a large incident immediately, it would never happen here" Also US:

[@hivemind8817]

nobody was hiding this it was reported when it happened it just isn't that big of a leak.(compared to others.)

[@senior_bueno9227]

Incident

[@lenardgor]

@@hivemind8817 well apparently it is bigger than what they thought. Even if it were one drop a day that's too much

[@hivemind8817]

​@@lenardgor Spend billions to fix a drop? Sure that makes since. a drop wouldn't harm anything and again it was not a lot of oil, it was 18 barrels per day compared to bp which was over 100k barrels per day. there are priorities and I think the bigger ones matter a lot more than this small little leak

[@MichaelJ44]

The US a government never covered this up. They just never made it a huge deal. There’s a difference. The documents have always been there

[@moosasoumahoro6440]

They dont wanna fix the problem but they wanna sue🤣

[@cageybee7221]

it probably cost them more in court fees to sue than it would have to fix the spill.

[@johnnymcblaze]

@@cageybee7221 Exactly, which if true,, means it's about the principle, not the financial gain. The principle being corporations should be untouchable.

[@ladasodaexplains3355]

@Dat Boi that’s the first thing my econ professor taught me on the first day. If something costs more fixing it than the consequences, it won’t get fixed

[@bkh5746]

Thats the american way.

[@bkh5746]

Yeah and heaven forbid ya sell alittle pot.take your ass to jail

[@rohankapur9119]

So a small government contractor could clean it, but a million dollar oil company said it was impossible?? This is what happens when there aren't enough environmental regulations

[@johnnymcblaze]

This is what happens when power is monopolized.

[@chrishoover6902]

What they mean to say is the company didn't want to continue to pay thousands every month to service the containment, and rather would argue and draw it out. Now the government is paying millions to service it, because government work is not cheap, and the company can then default on the penalty fees from the government. Good old corporations leaving the burden on the public tax dollars...

[@NOCALGooN916]

They just didn't feel like paying anymore so they have an expensive team of lawyers to make their case then have the nerve to sue for all the money back smh

[@thegreek2640]

It’s called being greedy & cheap

[@Dswope87]

Regulations don't matter. Bad Humans don't care. They create BS studies that claim they are right and refuse any alternative.

[@iivv_nn]

Whenever I hear "That's a great/good question" I know I won't get an equally good/great answer.

[@thacrypt223]

Those Taylor executives need to go to prison. This affects everyone in the world, not only Americans. This makes me so angry and sad at the same time. EDIT: With this many likes, I guess I ain't the only one feeling this pain!🥀🥀

[@TheJestercraft]

LOL cheaper to buy all the politician. That is why they said no leak and that was it.

[@Ryanhelpmeunderstand]

And yet, you drive a motorized Vehicle, correct? So you should go to prison too, for causing these companies to get more oil. Which causes these oil spills. Quit driving your car or using anything that takes gasoline/oil and then say what you want.

[@matthewq4b]

Pfft in the grand scheme of things it is minor and it ONLY affects local to it.. That does not mean to say it should be ignored. But their as far more pressing an important matters such as the tonnes and tonnes of plastic that ends up in the ocean every day, THAT issue actually does affect everyone on the planet. Unlike a few hundred spilt gallons of oil off the southeast coast of the US

[@andreadavidoni5960]

@@Ryanhelpmeunderstand That's such a stupid thing to say. I may as well be put in prison for existing because I'm causing murderers and robbers to attack me am I not?

[@charlesharper2357]

@@Ryanhelpmeunderstand Bullchips. Norway, the UK and Canada don't have these problems with offshore oil because they don't trust the oil companies to regulate themselves. Trying to blame the public for the criminal behaviour of corrupt politicians and dirty business is just bullshit.

[@williamx0]

They call it a "SPILL" to make people not worry. Bruh, it's a full out "LEAK"

[@XGMC921]

So true .. Or fullout open oil drain 💥

[@kap1526]

@The Gallows only democrats? Just democrats? Let's see how smart you truly are.

[@Chris-df1zr]

@The Gallows all politicians lie to you

[@CollinY818]

How can regular people mess up and go to jail but major groups can’t even be brought to justice

[@nikolnolastname4473]

How can the government justify giving billions to the banks to keep them afloat, and then how the banks use that money to give million dollar bonuses? The government says they are too big to fail while you and I can just go screw ourselves.

[@phuckyoutube5927]

It's easy when you write the laws

[@TommyWeber]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoHThqBpd7GFZqc

[@mark-ish]

Corporates have better lawyers than the public sector.

[@Drskopf]

It's called money,. And if you have the power to control it, you control everything.

[@LegendNinja41]

2-3 Gallons a day, more like 2000-3000 Gallons a day. Taylor Energy: Whoopsie daisy! hehe. What scumbags, need to be held accountable.

[@haroldburrows4770]

The executives need to be found in the alley with a plaque round their neck listing their crimes. And u know the condition said executives need to be found in

[@michael931]

Meanwhile the executives of the company are SUING the government and the people who are cleaning it up...

[@fryphillipj560]

@@haroldburrows4770 Capitalism is supposed to be a cut-throat affair, isn't it?

[@Elated_Llama]

Sometimes you miss a little 0... or have one too many These guys missed a K, or maybe even an M

[@stewartdevisser3818]

Just over 1 minute in and Taylor energy is already mentioned, enough said.

[@Michael-pd6bc]

It’s more complicated when the company is already gone and has been gone for a while

[@stewartdevisser3818]

@@Michael-pd6bc yeah taylor died in like 08 or something and his wife did most the fighting over this issue as far as I can tell, either way they both suck and Taylor energy is responsible for a lot of wrong doing when it come to cleaning up oil spills that they were responsible for, they barely followed or paid attention to regulators and being caught out lying to cover up their actions is nothing new for them.

[@acmelka]

Why is Taylor"s CEO not in prison?

[@The14541]

Bcs they hv money, i guess

[@ColdFlame53]

$$$

[@FaithandNova]

They always have judges in the their pockets

[@eustatic3832]

she donates to congresspeople in 22 US States

[@eustatic3832]

@@FaithandNova she servedonboards of charities with Judge Wendy Vitter. In fairness, Judge Vitter recused herself from the case

[@_MRK87]

Fortunately they dismissed the insane lawsuit against the cleanup company.

[@andrewjensen8189]

The one against the coast guard was even stupider... They believe that the government shouldn't have changed the gov's mind in light of new data from new studies? Wtf thats just kinda what progress is

[@dsnodgrass4843]

They'll just file another one; using different grounds. Anything to drag this out, and cost everyone else money and time.

[@thevinceberry]

I think EPA need to sue whatever Taylor got left to pay up, including all the directors and owners. Just like BP they have to sell aaa lot of asset to pay for the spill .

[@mounikaguttala9459]

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[@makemap]

Biden did one thing right. They wanted a fricking oil pipeline connecting from Canada to US across many lakes and rivers. Glad he shut that down.

[@kassiebarnes8404]

Just because you caught me lying doesn't mean that I am responsible. 🤦‍♀️

[@michaelhill56]

Sounds like something #45 would say...smh

[@augustreil]

@@michaelhill56, Yeah...okay...SMH.

[@loopsajnatilopomsoc5070]

Thank you for your service Dustin Renaud, Roberto Ferdman and Vice News. We need more grown up journalism in the name of nature and mankind like this!

[@zacharyoliver5332]

I was a pipeline maintenance speciist for Marathon Pil and BP here in the US . There are major spills and disasters that happen daily that you don't know about. I was on a 30,000 gallon diesel spill in the middle of Indianapolis that was never spoke of.

[@SL4PSYM4XY]

When did that happen? I live in Indianapolis, and I can confirm that I've never heard of it.

[@longforgotten4823]

As a historian, I think you should find a way to tell your story. It sounds critical to me.

[@stevechance150]

A company can't be fined for something that regulators don't know about and employees can't talk about (because they were forced to sign a Non-disclosure Agreement).

[@jumpinjehosephat1877]

@@stevechance150 an NDA that breaks the law is unenforceable. Unfortunately, spill the beans on one company, never work again.

[@michaelrascon3844]

Wow

[@harvigalicia6990]

Industries should be held accountable for their actions.

[@john-zf1yb]

The consumer is supposed to hold them accountable. If you do not like Taylor then don't buy companies that buy their oil.

[@Sujetsi]

@@john-zf1yb That's a hilariously unrealistic expectation.

[@john-zf1yb]

@@Sujetsi Oh yea and the government regulating a company that pays their salary is realistic. If you care about an issue then you should do something about it not pawn it off to someone who you know will do nothing.

[@darongw]

@@john-zf1yb the idea that consumers can all come together to make a big enough impact to change business practices is just an excuse for continuing the status quo. It takes incredible effort to ever get enough people mobilized to actually have an impact on a businesses bottom line in a way that forces them to take real and lasting action. On most issues it never reaches that level and sustaining the pressure over the long haul is even harder. But if you can mobilize a relatively smaller group of people over a relatively short period of time to pressure elected officials you can change the laws in a way that has lasting impact and also helps to prevent future issues. Still not easy but far better than trying to mobilize so called consumers to all come together after something bad has already happened. On most issues this just fails. I would rather prevent the problem than just react to it after the fact. You can and should still vote with your dollar but don't expect that act to solve these issues if you don't also engage with the political process and demand lasting change.

[@davidc2838]

@@john-zf1yb That's STUPID suggestion. And you either KNOW that...or you are equally not bright. The GOVERNMENT has REGULATIONS for HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Get the companies to PAY for their malfeasance.

[@BatJeff]

THIS is why I watch Vice news. More of these videos, please.

[@idiotsays705]

thank you to the company containing the oil. You're doing good work.

[@diemengem3819]

This is the Vice News we want...

[@LeHunkyDory]

Really? Like blaming the trump administration in late April 2021? This "news" piece must be ATLEAST 6 months old if he was still to blame, at the time of recording..

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

No CNN no riots I want real news

[@teranmm]

@@LeHunkyDory Magats are such cry babies. Take accountability.

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

Yep. Now all we need is a Hero.

[@freddybeltran2700]

Ong

[@jakeorgeron5661]

It’s crazy because I work out here in Fourchon and I’ve been knowing about the Taylor spill for quite some time and the other day I was speaking to a few coworkers about it and how nobody seemed to keep up with the issue and I’m glad Vice is able to cover things like such

[@chriszimmerman9737]

That’s so crazy. Glad it got put out there like this.

[@williamyoung9401]

You know what happens when you "assume." You make an ASS out of U and ME.

[@Codeman785]

That oil extractor is incredible, I wish we had much more of them constantly running worldwide

[@MrErock1000]

Great job Vice! Keep up the great work.

[@paz1261]

Whoever spotted oil in the oceon per radar needs to get an award 😂 1:53

[@jake4101]

Radar sensitivity set to "Slick"

[@joebaker8015]

🤯

[@jcmc9378]

Sonar, I reckon

[@null090909]

Maybe imagery from a satellite

[@DarkShroom]

they use SAR images of the sea imagine, only one quick google and you would have realised that! a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips

[@joncampion9425]

It's unreal they get away with this shhh.

[@LeHunkyDory]

You mean like blaming it on the Trump administration in April 2021?

[@juliustan3875]

@@LeHunkyDory no ones doing that? Also it began way before 2021

[@absbabs6153]

@@LeHunkyDory no ones blaming them for the actual spillage, they simply stated that during Trump's administration they removed a lot of the regulations that were previously kept in place (albeit not very effective ones). So ultimately they're saying he made an already huge problem harder to fix, which is true.

[@teamtoken]

@Amora G Wow it didn’t take you folks long did it? Even though he was literally NOT MENTIONED AT ALL

[@joncampion9425]

Oil companys is the They. However If I choose to comment on an issue with my President it's my right as a citizen!! Has nothing to do with any individual on a personal level but everything to do with what's best for our Country!

[@bobjohnson1710]

I actually worked on plugging one of the wells from this platform. They are located at Mississippi Canyon Block 20. I worked on Intervention well number 04 in February of 2010. The plan was to drill parallel wells beside the old well bores, shot holes thru the new well bore into the old well bore using e-line and then pump enough Halliburton Class H cement to give the Devil himself a bad case of constipation!

[@dr.kd_gaming203]

Great to see you guys in my state and city i passed the camera catching these shots and didn’t even know wow! But you guy taught me something i never knew that’s crazy 🤔

[@scott2228]

Wow, I’ve lived in La most my life and I didn’t know about this.

[@justicejoycetv]

#318 here and we definitely hadn't heard about this. ⚜️

[@blakemessina6789]

Yeah I've lived here in Baton Rouge my whole life and never heard of it. But I did go fishing in this same town a couple years after the BP oil spill and saw how bad it was. The oil was still all in the marsh. It was way worse than the media showed on tv. It was sad.

[@MikeSmith-qj2ys]

The local media will not report any wrong doing by any oil company.

[@djreyes93]

Same! WTFF

[@eustatic3832]

You've heard of the Taylor scholarships, though, right? the TOPS program? yeah, that is why.

[@slimjimcognito]

Super fucked up how this is even a thing

[@jking0.o121]

Thanks to our governments who steal our money

[@nobodyherepal3292]

Welcome to Louisiana, most corrupt state in America.

[@davidc2838]

@@nobodyherepal3292 LOTS o' competition for THAT Title. Sad to say.

[@michaelduhe10]

I have personally seen this oil on multiple occasions fishing in the Gulf of Mexico

[@ForNika]

I watched the biggest plume of exploded Fracking Well about a mile high in Central California in 2008 and no one else heard about it and was never mentioned in any news.

[@thefatmoop]

Oil companies are the skum of the earth. I nearly did an engineering internship with one, glad i didn't take it

[@epramos6800]

I doubt they arent worse than big pharma or the FDA that's in their pocket.

[@Glhaw]

Oil companies are the reason you have a lot of the products you use today.. dont be so naive. Be mad at the government for not enforcing rules and regulations. There's no accountability on both ends. There are numerous oil and gas companies out there that are actually striving to make a difference in the way they process petroleum products. Like it or not we as a society are too dependent on the oil and gas industry and I cant see us switching to other alternatives 100% for at least another 50-100 years. And even if North America goes 100% green what about China, India, Africa? They are the major factors contributing to global warming, it's like putting a bandaid on a leaking water barrel, eventually it's going to fail if you dont fix the root problem.

[@FirstNameLastName-kt3zn]

Cool story bro thanks for sharing

[@thefatmoop]

@@Glhaw yes, you're right on this. We need to transition away from oil based plastics and more into pla corn based plastics. Move more into ev cars and we should have pushed for corn based ethanol gas harder for traditional cars. But people just look at the dollar amount

[@bleeda2]

The chemical industry, this whole society is based on manufacturing toxic materials like plastic, petro, agrochemicals for meat production, pharmaceuticals.

[@tomatochips2300]

this just makes me so angry

[@coryseymour3456]

More videos like these. I really enjoy learning about this.

[@wickedsmart1948]

How have I never herd of this! Thank you Vice News for keeping it real af.

[@sprinklesthecat4823]

Taylor "um that oil was totally there when we got here"

[@maddog9867]

Great reporting tyvm

[@hivemind8817]

yeah great reporting especially how they blamed it on trump at the end 7:13 *BTW not president anymore quit blaming him* the leak was also there a decade before he was president.

[@randypoffo5634]

These are the stories that made me subscribe. Keep this type of material coming Vice

[@skywind8030]

I heard of it and now I'm angry its been this long!

[@livinglegacy7]

Thank you for bringing this to people's attention!

[@nibiruisnear3963]

“It’s a great Louisiana sweet crude” 😂

[@sford2044]

We should know. We do know. We will vote. We don't think the way old people do.

[@dylanc1925]

“Sweet” refers to its sulfur content

[@davidc2838]

@@dylanc1925 It's funny because it sounds like a drink at Mardi Gras. :-) But thanks for the petroleum engineering lesson.

[@MikeTyson913]

Well I asked for some news on this about 8 months ago.👏

[@jamesrene7509]

Never heard this and use to fish that port as a kid and live about 2 hours from it. Thanks vice

[@giovannigarcia8803]

Thank you for making videos like this, I hope our world actually does something

[@TheTechnoPilot]

So I’m assuming the US is charging Taylor for the work at an additional mark-up in addition to pursuing Taylor management with criminal charges for gross negligence. And then also going after Taylor for the slapsuits? 🙄 These would be the minimum reasonable actions!

[@lucasbronstein8165]

You must not have lived in the US for a long time then. (Maybe you're not from America? It's okay if you're not). This is a common occurrence. Nothing will happen to the executives, and no charges will be filed. Sometimes, the government doesn't even fine the companies. That's just daily life here in the Freest Country in the World.

[@TheTechnoPilot]

@@lucasbronstein8165 oh I know, hence the eye roll. But I’m not American, I’m Canadian.

[@sandsalamand3763]

Assuming Taylor's suit to release the trust fund fails, it is very possible that the government will confiscate it to pay for the cleanup.

[@Rexluna1]

Fun fact: LSU has an engineering building named after Patrick F. Taylor of Taylor energy

[@greatestever8169]

This is hilarious 😂 haha Taylor Energy is like Weird Al Yankovich “I’ll sueeeee you for looking at me funny!!”

[@greatestever8169]

Dude just cuz your rich doesn’t immune you from us WE THE PEOPLE!! More of us and more money combined then your billions against ohhh yeah our trillions combined and infinity…no need if your life is no more right.? God giveth and taketh even by force cuz the devil is alive in us to do the work haha 😂

[@truesight.1547]

People at the top doesnt care as long as the money "spills" unto their pocket too.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

If they can't be bothered to clean up their mess, they shouldn't be in the oil business and should have their license revoked.

[@sambo2891]

It makes you wonder why the oil wells don’t have shear valves that close when the oil rig falls over. Gas pumps at gas stations have them

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

These wells all have safety valves that are suppose to close and seal off to zero leakage. Evidently this one did not seal the well.

[@lilzeyren]

This makes me cry.

[@afunnyusername5599]

just curious why wait over 3 months from voice over to publish video?

[@NyanyiC]

It's been longer than that.. He mentioned the Trump administration 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@BatMan-xr8gg]

@@NyanyiC No, he mentioned Trump watering down Environmental Regulations. Trump gutted the EPA and the Regulations so America could create more jobs and the Oil and Gas companies could make more money at the expense of the Environment. I hope Biden reinstates those regulations.

[@afunnyusername5599]

@@NyanyiC yes thats what i meant, he's been out of office three months.

[@StarTexaspets]

The ads that popped up were oil industry companies....gross.

[@davidc2838]

Let them run...it costs the companies money...

[@StarTexaspets]

@@davidc2838 i used to do caterings for Chevron, and they would have staff meetings on how to talk about their company, and they wouldn't let me use recycled to-go containers or anything marked "green". Goofy as hell lectures on how everyone uses plastic, how to argue with an environmentalist, etc. They really try and cover their asses.

[@loganfurst3010]

Great reporting

[@pattijesinoski1958]

When will someone report that Fukushima is still spilling?

[@decaprio7421]

2:12 Environmentalists: Coast Guard reports of 2 to 3 gallons everyday being spilled, but the spill is 10 miles long. Coast Guard: There is no traffic in the area. It was about 9 miles from river. We asked Gasoline Company and they paid us to stay quite. So no need to investigate.

[@bnewman21]

Every once in a while VICE does an outstanding job of journalism and this was definitely one of them.. thank you for making us aware of this.. I’m hoping they can do a follow up explaining how this was allowed to be buried from the public and how/why TF we would allow oil drillers to self regulate themselves! It’s preposterous that this is allowed.

[@paulanyichi5916]

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[@krisplante120]

Vice you are a hit and miss channel but I still love you. Great video 👍

[@leeholmes9962]

We need more off you people out here and we need to shut these oil companys down who don't want to clean there mess up

[@joshuasnore3600]

And people are wondering where all the birds and clams are going in the Gulf of Mexico.

[@Phlegethon]

There’s lots of really terrible US stuff people have never heard of

[@tawhiomartin2184]

Now keep this train of thought and content and keep it going vice.

[@alexnious705]

Wow never saw the coast guard in public before.

[@moos5221]

Well done USA, well done...another nail in the coffin. Keep going, there is still so much nature which isn't covered in oil yet.

[@sataneatsass]

Stfu, have you SEEN China's impact?

[@yearight5303]

@@sataneatsass US is number one.

[@sataneatsass]

@@yearight5303 wait i read this as plastic pollution. im sorry youre prob correct

[@bobthebuilder8841]

Your definatley a closeted homosexual

[@sataneatsass]

@@bobthebuilder8841 *you're *definitely

[@koshile3794]

Yall still like gulf seafood?

[@idamehrnoush8833]

Its not so good to have seafood anymore.

[@koshile3794]

I'm a short drive from Galveston, and you can see and smell something ain't right with the water, 45 minutes before you hit the beach... only pass about 10 miles of petro chem plants. ...

[@koshile3794]

@@TRC2002 that's what I'm saying! I see people crabbing & fishing in the bay with their kids with boats causally cruising by dumping exhaust lol

[@juliustetevano6113]

2004. Are you saying it's still leaking? :O

[@candyman111881]

Big thanks to all the people who made this video and exposed all these truths & information! God bless you guys! And all those oil companies need to REALLY clean up all the mess they've made. 👍

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

If our species survives the next one hundred years I'll be amazed.

[@ringthebell5221]

This real news. Need to talk more bout these spill

[@firebomber221]

Does anyone have an update on Taylor oil suing?

[@bramhallbreakbones]

This is shocking. Finally some good vice reporting

[@tomcollier4089]

I never heard of that.

[@mrmustangman]

same.....

[@tomcollier4089]

@@mrmustangman I watch a lot of news unfortunately...so, that was quite surprising.

[@lewiswhite7023]

If you haven’t done so already, make sure to hit the like button so we can bring more attention to this situation.

[@Tiyratania]

This is mindblowing how bad this leak is

[@darrennyberg1833]

U.S. Gov: How the hell did all of this oil get spilled into the ocean? Taylor: You won't believe this, but a group of 4 boarded the Rig with AK-Style weapons, and Metal Masks on their face, screaming about "Unlocking the crate", something about... Heavy Scientists??"

[@DReactinumDash]

you should put petitions in your description and they’d get loads of signs

[@DATSUNC210RB20DET]

I feel like if anything is a big enough problem to get a petition going people in power already know and have already chosen their path.

[@chuckd5877]

“I just assumed that it had been taken care of.”- Couvillion CEO/Owner. How tf is that acceptable? Complete incompetence

[@DennisGentry]

He's the guy that eventually cleaned it up. It wasn't his job to keep track of what happened to a random spill long before he was hired.

[@ch0idaniel]

wow.. this is a serious problem..

[@killerthoughts6150]

finally vice is uploading 'vice videos' again

[@thomasbridges2988]

How is the company even still allowed to function? They should be stripped of income and those responsible charged and convicted of environmental damages, lying on federal forms, amongst others. It's all about the dollar dollar bill y'all

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[@charleslasyone1326]

There is no company. They sold out 14 or 15 yrs ago. Also Mr Taylor passed away right after Hurricane Ivan took down the platform. Taylor energy was sold to Ankor Energy.

[@PapaWheelie1]

Remember “Drill baby, drill”? We should pause new drilling until the stuff is so valuable that they wouldn’t dare spill any.

[@trolltocol9oseven729]

This must be the flint MI water well

[@TaytayteamTaytay]

How to to piss anyone off when they ask you a question just say “that’s a good question”

[@MikeOxlong-]

This is a damning and absolutely perfect example of precisely why America is done for...

[@BlueZebraStripe]

Wait until you hear about China and India....

[@ahuman8347]

ah yes there is an oil spill the whole country is now dead cause of it :(

[@MikeOxlong-]

@@ahuman8347 clearly you’re either way too young to be even watching this video, or you’re well and thoroughly indoctrinated, thereby not even able to comprehend what my comment even means... Lol 😂. This has as much to do with an actual oil slick as whether I’ll,choose to order pizza or Chinese for dinner... SMH.

[@LesbianNaziHookers]

American Police: "We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing" American Oil Companies: ""We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"" American Politicians: "We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

[@Maverick09171]

Catholic Church: “we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing”

[@miguelnavarro7711]

This is upsetting

[@moguhoki]

Asking oil companies to reports spills is like asking a serial killers to report when they killed someone.

[@SmittyAccess]

I did a underwater inspection on this site last year with the coast guard. It’s a really cool system.

[@alexdye8165]

How awful did it look?

[@ZhouMama69420]

I am so early I have no idea what to say

[@jking0.o121]

That's what she said?

[@johnnymcblaze]

If you need to get ideas from others, then you really don't get ideas.

[@russellzauner]

CEO: I just assumed the company was being run Me: WHAT DO YOU DO THEN

[@tevinmouton]

Watching this video and I randomly see the platform I'm currently sitting on. like wait wtf is going on here lmao