CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta October 3, 2021 20:04:00
Notice the boxed area offshore. this is the beta field. it's in federal waters. you get closer to shore and it's state waters. sit owned by u.s. department of the interior. this land is a huge reservoir for crude oil and it is then leased to these companies, such as beta operating company. elly is the main platform that does the most processing. the other platforms, extract crude, give it to elly. elly criss-crosses and is more to the left. so somewhere along this line, we're not exactly sure where. we thought maybe five miles offshore. wherever it is, it started to leak. they put a temporary ...