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Shipping companies reach $97M California oil spill agreement

FILE - Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach in Corona Del Mar after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif., Oct. 7, 2021. Shipping companies have agreed to pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California. Amplify Energy, the Houston-based company that operates the pipeline, said Wednesday, March 1, 2023, that companies associated with the M/V Danit and M/V Beijing had agreed to the payments. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) FILE - This aerial image taken with a drone, shows the closed beach after oil washed up in Newport Beach, Calif., on Oct. 7, 2021. Shipping companies have agreed to pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California. Amplify Energy, the Houston-based company that operates the pipeline, said Wednesday, March 1, 2023, that companies associated with the M/V Danit and M/V Beijing had agreed to the payments. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Shipping companies reach $97M California oil spill agreement