NBCNews.com | California Oil Spill: Up to a Fifth of Leaked Oil Recovered, Company Says NBCNews.com As much as 20 percent of the oil that gushed into the waters along 9 miles of the California coast has been recovered, officials of the oil company who pipeline ruptured last week said Sunday as they prepared to extract the broken pipe from the ground. California oil spill despoils coastline in tar-blackened reprise of 1960s disaster Santa Barbara Still Reeling From the Worst Oil Spill in Decades Heartbreaking video shows animals affected by California oil spill |