Saturday morning, workers from Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp. noticed oil in the water near an oil-processing plant off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif. Here's what we know about the oil spill.
Saturday morning, workers from Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp. noticed oil in the water near an oil-processing plant off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif.
The offshore platform receives oil from about 70 wells and then sends it to a local refinery.about 5 miles off the coast of Huntington Beach, one of several famed beaches in Orange County. Huntington Beach is located about 37 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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