Oil spill contained in Cuyama
By Kathrene Herndon
(Photo: SB Co. Fire)
(Photo: SB Co. Fire)
JULY 20, 2015
Crews are working to determine how much oil leaked out of a broken pipeline in Cuyama on the Russell Lease.
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department says the call came in shortly after 7:00 a.m. for the broken gas and oil lines on the 8700 block of Highway 166.
Fire officials say the lines affected included a 3-inch gas line carrying a gas and oil mixture, and a 4-inch line carrying crude oil.
Both were shut down and the spill has been contained.
Fire officials say oil did not leak into the riverbed.
The site of the leak is in San Luis Obispo County and a hazardous materials unit from there was called out to take over.
The Russell Ranch Oil Field is an oil and gas field in the Cuyama Valley of northern Santa Barbara and southern San Luis Obispo Counties, California, in the United States. Discovered in 1948, and reaching peak production in 1950, it has produced over 68 million barrels (10,800,000 m3) of oil in its lifetime; with only an estimated 216,000 barrels (34,300 m3) of recoverable oil remaining, and having produced around 66,000 in 2008, it is considered to be close to exhaustion. The primary operator on the field as of 2010 is E&B Natural Resources, which also runs the nearby South Cuyama Oil Field.
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department says the call came in shortly after 7:00 a.m. for the broken gas and oil lines on the 8700 block of Highway 166.
Fire officials say the lines affected included a 3-inch gas line carrying a gas and oil mixture, and a 4-inch line carrying crude oil.
Both were shut down and the spill has been contained.
Fire officials say oil did not leak into the riverbed.
The site of the leak is in San Luis Obispo County and a hazardous materials unit from there was called out to take over.
The Russell Ranch Oil Field is an oil and gas field in the Cuyama Valley of northern Santa Barbara and southern San Luis Obispo Counties, California, in the United States. Discovered in 1948, and reaching peak production in 1950, it has produced over 68 million barrels (10,800,000 m3) of oil in its lifetime; with only an estimated 216,000 barrels (34,300 m3) of recoverable oil remaining, and having produced around 66,000 in 2008, it is considered to be close to exhaustion. The primary operator on the field as of 2010 is E&B Natural Resources, which also runs the nearby South Cuyama Oil Field.