Independent E&P Amplify Energy Corp. said its continuing to monitor the status of the oil sheen reported on March 7 off the coast of Huntington Beach, California.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the spill was first reported around 6:50 p.m. on March 7 and appeared to be about 2 ½ miles long, according to a March 9 news release.
While Amplify reported a minor discharge of produced water from Platform Elly that occurred on the morning of March 8, Amplify remains confident that the sheen is not related to its operations.
The Coast Guard/Unified Command reported over the weekend that “the characteristics of the produced water from Platform Elly do not align with what was observed from the sheen. Currently, we do not believe the sheen and the discharge are related.”
The Coast Guard also noted that offshore recovery assets would be demobilized following a March 10 overflight that “did not observe any sheen offshore.”
Amplify’s Beta field operations in Southern California and development program have not been disrupted.
Officials worked to recover roughly 85 gallons of oil product on March 9 near Huntington Beach, the release stated.
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