far. the company responsible for this mess plains, all american pipeline. vessels have uncovered an oily water mixture. reporter: in 2010 the company and some of its subsid yares agreed to spend $41,000,000 to upgrade 10,000 miles of pipeline as part of a settlement. this after violations for 10 crude oil spills in texas, indiana and texas. and just last year a rupture sent 10,000 gallons flowing onto a los angeles street. it s record in the top five worse for infractions. the spill is one of the worst here. what does the company say about
there were 10 crude oil spills in texas, louisiana, oklahoma and kansas. and just last year, a rupture sent 10,000 gallons of oil flowing on to a los angeles street. its record in the top five worst for infractions compared to other similar companies. the spill affecting santa barbara s coastline, one of the worst here. what does the company say about all that? we asked. can you just answer one more question that public may want to know. 500 barrels, how much oil is that? approximately 42 gallons per barrel so 105,000 gallons. initially you said 21,000, why the huge jump in the amount? that is a worst case, 500 gallons would be 21,000 as you pointed out. what do you say to the public that is angry about this spill and the problems. we regret what happened. we will work with the agency to clean this as soon as possible.
company responsible for this mess plains all american pipeline. skimming vessels so far have recovered 7,770 gallons of an oily water mixture. reporter: it turns out the company has a checkered history when it comes to its infrastructure. in 2010 the company and some of its subsidiaries agreed to spend $41 million to upgrade 10,000 miles of crude oil pipeline. as part of a settlement with the environmental protection agency and justice department. this after violations between 2004 and 2007 for 10 crude oil spills in texas, louisiana, oklahoma, and kansas. and just last year a rupture sent 10,000 gallons of oil flowing onto a los angeles street. its record in the top five worse for infractions compared to other similar companies. the spill affecting santa barbara s coastline, one of the worst here. what does the company say about at thaul? that? we asked.
oklahoma and kansas. and just last year, a rupture sent 10,000 gallons of oil flowing on to a los angeles street. its record in the top five worst for infractions compared to other similar companies. the spill affecting santa barbara s coastline, one of the worst here. what does the company say about all that? we asked. can you just answer one more question that the public may want to know? 500 barrels, what does that mean? how much oil is that? that s approximately 42 gallons to a barrel, so that would be 10 5,000 gal yoens. initially you said 21,000. why the huge jump in the amount? again, that was the worst case scenario. the 500 barrels would be 21,000 gallons as you pointed out. reporter: and what do you say to the public that s angry about this spill .your record when it comes to problems? again, we deeply regret what s happened and we will continue to work with the federal and state agencies to mitigation this problem as quickly as possible.
havoc the oil spill caused shown all over the bodies of several pelicans and sea lion rescued so far. the magnitude yet to be assessed for the mess to the ocean s other beautiful creatures. the company responsible, plains all-american pipeline. skimming vessels recovered 7,770 gallons of an oily water mixture. reporter: turns out the company has a checkered history when it comes to its infrastructure. in 2010 the company and subsidiaries decided to spend $41 million to replace 10,000 miles of pipeline. there were 10 crude oil spills in texas, louisiana, oklahoma and kansas. and just last year, a rupture sent 10,000 gallons of oil flowing on to a los angeles street. its record in the top five worse