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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Oil company pleads guilty in Southern California spill

Copyright 2021 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

An oil company pleaded guilty Thursday to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year, a federal official said.

Houston-based Amplify Energy and two of its subsidiaries each pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in federal court on Thursday, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.

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