WHITING, Ind. (AP) — High winds and waves have delayed a
search along Lake Michigan for crude oil possibly submerged offshore
following an oil spill at BP’s northwestern Indiana refinery.
The
U.S. Coast Guard said Friday’s poor weather made it too dangerous for a
Coast Guard, BP and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assessment team
to launch boats to retrieve samples along the path of the Whiting
refinery’s oil spill. That work is expected to resume Sunday.
Crews
were scheduled to remove oil-covered pebbles Saturday along the lake
some 20 miles southeast of downtown Chicago where a refinery malfunction
discharged oil earlier this week.
BP said Thursday a preliminary
estimate shows between 15 and 39 barrels of oil were discharged into the
lake by its Whiting refinery. That’s between 630 and 1,638 gallons.
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WHITING, Ind. (AP) — High winds and waves have delayed a
search along Lake Michigan for crude oil possibly submerged offshore
following an oil spill at BP’s northwestern Indiana refinery.
The
U.S. Coast Guard said Friday’s poor weather made it too dangerous for a
Coast Guard, BP and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assessment team
to launch boats to retrieve samples along the path of the Whiting
refinery’s oil spill. That work is expected to resume Sunday.
Crews
were scheduled to remove oil-covered pebbles Saturday along the lake
some 20 miles southeast of downtown Chicago where a refinery malfunction
discharged oil earlier this week.
BP said Thursday a preliminary
estimate shows between 15 and 39 barrels of oil were discharged into the
lake by its Whiting refinery. That’s between 630 and 1,638 gallons.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.