Officials Say Oil Spill Has Not Reached Caddo Lake

MOORINGSPORT, La. (AP) – Cleanup crews continue to mop up a 4,000-barrel oil spill into a four-mile stretch of Tete Bayou northwest of Shreveport. Officials said Saturday that the oil has been contained without reaching Caddo Lake, which straddles the Texas-Louisiana state line and provides drinking water for some water systems. The oil spilled from the Mid-Valley pipeline, a line owned by Sunoco Logistics Partners which carries crude oil from Longview, Texas to Samaria, Michigan. The Times reports the spill happened the morning of October 13. Three families near the site evacuated, with Sunoco paying their expenses.

Sunoco expects months of cleanup, with 250 contractors now working. Soil underneath the oil will be removed after the oil is cleaned up. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is investigating the spill.