There was yet another oil spill in the United States

Crude oil spilled from the Marathon Galveston Bay refinery in Texas this morning after a pump failed on one of its storage tanks.

The refinery, which processes 593,000 barrels of oil every day, started leaking oil on Wednesday morning, reported ABC News. The leak was isolated in a storage tank containing crude oil at the refinery.

Due to the leak, a road was closed in the area but no injuries were reported.

The report said:

“The leak was isolated at the refinery complex and was blamed on a failed pump seal at the facility, according to Bruce Clawson, acting director of homeland security for Texas City.”

ABC News added that “it was not clear” how much oil had spilled from the tank.

According to the report of ABC News, the Texas oil spill is now under control. The refinery officials added that a clean-up operation is currently underway.

A statement from Marathon Petroleum, which operates the refinery, said the cleanup is underway and it is monitoring the impact of the spill.

“The refinery has deployed air monitoring in the community as a precaution, and there is no indication of risk to the community,” Jamal Kheiry, communications manager of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, said in a statement. .

“The clean-up is underway and regulatory notifications have been made. “

Officials from Texas City, where the facility is located, added that they were monitoring the situation and affected roads could be closed for up to eight hours.

This is the second oil spill in the United States in a week, after an oil spill in southern California caused considerable damage to wetlands.

Sunday’s leak was caused by a breach connected to the Elly oil rig. The incident saw 126,000 gallons, or 3,000 barrels, of crude oil spilling into the ocean. The leak quickly spread to cover 13 square miles of the Pacific Ocean.