THE Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) says it will settle claims with insurers related to the 2021 Orange County oil spill, reports Ventura, California's gCaptain.
The settlement was reached with the subrogate insurers of Amplify Energy, which owns and operates the 17-mile San Pedro Bay Pipeline that was the source of the spill and blamed for it by MSC.
msc says the settlement amount will be jointly funded by MSC and Costamare 'without admission of responsibility or liability for the environmental damage that took place due to Amplify's negligent management of their underwater pipeline.'
Amplify Energy has received the necessary approvals from federal regulatory agencies to restart operations at the Beta Field offshore Southern California, following repairs to the pipeline from the 2021 incident.
The pipeline breach that caused the oil spill remains under investigation, but the US Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) believe the pipeline was dragged by a ship's anchor during a storm on January 25, 2021 - more than nine months before the oil spill was discovered.
The incident was never reported and the pipeline was not inspected until oil began washing up on Southern California beaches in early October 2021.
Earlier this year, MSC and Costamare agreed to pay Southern California fishermen, tour companies, and property owners US$45 million to settle a separate lawsuit related to the spill.
The incident remains under investigation by the US Coast Guard and NTSB.
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The settlement was reached with the subrogate insurers of Amplify Energy, which owns and operates the 17-mile San Pedro Bay Pipeline that was the source of the spill and blamed for it by MSC.
msc says the settlement amount will be jointly funded by MSC and Costamare 'without admission of responsibility or liability for the environmental damage that took place due to Amplify's negligent management of their underwater pipeline.'
Amplify Energy has received the necessary approvals from federal regulatory agencies to restart operations at the Beta Field offshore Southern California, following repairs to the pipeline from the 2021 incident.
The pipeline breach that caused the oil spill remains under investigation, but the US Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) believe the pipeline was dragged by a ship's anchor during a storm on January 25, 2021 - more than nine months before the oil spill was discovered.
The incident was never reported and the pipeline was not inspected until oil began washing up on Southern California beaches in early October 2021.
Earlier this year, MSC and Costamare agreed to pay Southern California fishermen, tour companies, and property owners US$45 million to settle a separate lawsuit related to the spill.
The incident remains under investigation by the US Coast Guard and NTSB.
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