‘MAJOR’ OIL SPILL STRIKES LOUISIANA, THREATENS WATERWAYS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, October 20, 2014, 12:07

‘It’s much bigger than they’re telling us,’ says area resident

Officials on Sunday are continuing work to contain what an EPA representative called a major oil spill in northwestern Louisiana that could take months to clean up.

The rupture of Sunoco Logistics’ Mid-Valley pipeline near Mooringsport in Caddo Parish on Monday released an estimated 4,000 barrels of crude oil.

That amount makes it one of this year’s largest spills, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing federal records.

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