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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, Shell continue response to offshore spill

May 15, 2016

GULF OF MEXICO — Two 210-foot and two 95-foot vessels conduct skimming operations, May 14, 2016, in response to an estimated 88,200 gallons of crude oil discharged from a segment of flow line at the Glider Field approximately 90 miles south of Timbalier Island, Louisiana. The vessels have removed a combined total of more than 51,000 gallons of oily-water mixture since the discharge on the morning of May 12, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Marine Safety Unit Morgan City.

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