Original title: U.S. officials: the California oil pipeline may have leaked for a year
Reference News Network reported on October 9 that according to Agence France Presse, Los Angeles, U.S. investigators said on the 8th local time that the oil spill pipeline off the coast of California may have leaked for a year.
U.S. news media previously reported that the pipeline may be broken due to the dragging of the coastal bed of the pipeline by the ship anchor. However, the coast guard official responsible for investigating the matter said on the 8th local time that the pipeline was not cracked recently, and it may have cracked as early as a year ago.
According to the report, the underwater video shows that there are "marine attachments" around the 13 inch crack of the damaged pipeline - this will not happen overnight. U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jason newbauer said the discovery "refocuses the time frame of the investigation to at least a few months to a year ago". (compiled by / Liu Jia)