The U.S. is making an effort to end the longest oil spill in history. And this company is fighting against it in court.

Taylor Energy's downed platform was one of thousands in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. By Darryl Fears Darryl Fears Reporter focusing on the Chesapeake Bay and issues affecting wildlife Email Bio Follow March 2 at 11:00 AM As the longest offshore oil spill in U.S. history creeps toward its 15th year, the federal government is preparing to launch a determined effort to contain the oil and cap the leaking wells.

According to one estimate, up to 700 barrels of oil per day are flowing into the Gulf, rivaling the catastrophic 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill. The estimate is based on an analysis by Oscar Garcia-Pineda, a specialist in remote sensing of oil spills, which the government accepted but Taylor Energy disputes.

On Wednesday, during oral arguments for Taylor Energy’s case against Couvillion Group, the private contractor hired by the Coast Guard to contain the spill, U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle wanted to know why the company is seeking to block efforts to clean it up. Taylor Energy’s attorney said the company believes the plan won’t work and could make the problem worse.

In the years since the fund was established, Taylor Energy has spent millions of dollars to recover its flattened oil platform and cap nine of 25 wells. For nearly a decade, the company convinced the federal government and its experts that digging into the sediment to cap the remaining buried wells was too risky because it might unleash oil trapped there — arguing that little oil was reaching the surface.

For the current spill, the contractor completed a survey of the canyon site in December and a system it designed to contain oil “is currently in the testing and acceptance phase,” Luttrell said. Garcia-Pineda provided his analysis as an expert witness for the government in a court case that resulted from a 2016 lawsuit filed by Taylor Energy. In that case, the company is seeking to reclaim the hundreds of millions of dollars that remain in the cleanup trust.

If they can’t extract oil safely and without such extensive & tragic repercussions, those methods should not be allowed. We need to aggressively pursue & implement clean & efficient energy technologies. Earth first. Profiteers last. Let’s go!

Taylor Enegry, who is that, where is the leak and why don't they stop it?

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Another way Louisiana is getting screwed but dosen't doesn't know because big money hides it from the public

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