The operator of the pipeline that leaked 25,000 gallons of petroleum off the coast of Huntington Beach is clearing up its legal issues and casting two foreign shipping companies into the fray.
Amplify Energy pleaded no contest to both state and federal prosecutions Sept. 8, as part of a plea deal that lands it with $12 million in fines. The company also reached a tentative settlement with the class-action litigants that would leave foreign shipping companies on the hook for possibly damaging the pipeline.
“I want to thank all our local, state, and federal partners for their assistance in this investigation and for their ongoing efforts to clean
