Los Angeles Times | Crews close to excavating ruptured section of oil pipeline Los Angeles Times The step is crucial in identifying the cause of the break, which sent as much as 21,000 gallons of oil downhill from the spill site into a storm culvert and into the Pacific. A third-party metallurgist is monitoring the dig to make sure the ruptured ... Second Sea Lion Rescued From California Oil Spill Dies At SeaWorld California Oil-Spill Estimate Revised Down Broken piece of pipeline responsible for Santa Barbara oil spill to be removed ... |