skimming the water and trying to save waters that are in danger. so sad to see. it is. cnn s sarah tells us about their efforts and the company responsible for this mess. reporter: the efd evidence of the havoc the oil spill caused shown all over the animals. the magnitude yet to be assessed for the ocean s other beautiful creatures. the company responsible for this mess, planes all-american pipeline. skimming vessels so far have recovered 7,770 gallons of an oily water mixture. turns out the company has a checkered history when he it comes to its infrastructure np in 2010 the company and some of its subsidiaries agreed to spend $41 million to updwrad mito inc0 miles of pipeline.
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.
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
save animals after thousands of gallons of crude oil leaked into the water. cnn digs into the history of the company behind the spill. reporter: the evidence of the havoc the oil spill has caused shown all over the bodies of several pelicans and a sea lion rescued so far, the magnitude yet to be assessed to the damage to the ocean s other beautiful creatures. the company responsible for this mess? all-american pipeline. skimming vessels so far have recovered 770,000 gallons of an oily water mixture. it turns out the company has a checkered history when it comes to its infrastructure. in 2010, the company and some of its subsidiaries planned to spend $41 million to upgrade 10,000 miles of crude oil pipeline as part of a settlement with the environmental protection agency and the justice department. this after violations between 2004 and 2007 for ten crude oil spills in texas, louisiana,
cementing plan. we pretty much kim to a consensus on that. so today s effort into tomorrow will be to finish off cementing the well from the top down. let me state and i stated this several times, that this is not the end. but it will virtually assure us, that there will be no chance of oil leaking into the environment. we will then proceed to finish the relief well. the relief well is currently four and a half feet away from the mecondo well and 100 to 110 feet away from where they would enter the annulus. they have a drill pipe down and they re ready to drill through the cement shoe and continue finishing out the relief well. and that will happen after the cement has been cured for a certain amount of time and we ll proceed. elsewhere in the gulf, we are starting to take a look at the large vessels offshore. the skimming vessels. what we need to do is kind of collapse those back in closer to shore. we need to start focusing on the areas we already know had impacts. these are places l