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Pipeline broken during Hurricane Ida causing Gulf oil spill identified

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the apparent source as one-foot diameter pipeline displaced from a trench on the ocean floor and broken open.Talos Energy, the Houston-based company currently paying for the cleanup, said in a statement issued Sunday evening that the busted pipeline does not belong to them.The company said it is working with the U.S.

Coast Guard and other state and federal agencies to coordinate the response and identify the owner of the ruptured pipeline.Two additional 4-inch pipelines were also identified in the area that are open and apparently abandoned.

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