Chevron Spills 800,000 Gallons of Oil, Water in California

Chevron Spills 800,000 Gallons of Oil, Water in California
Oil flows at a Chevron oil field in Kern County, Calif. Nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water has seeped from the ground since May. California Deptartment of Fish and Wildlife's Office of Spill Prevention and Response via AP
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Officials began to clean up a massive oil spill Friday that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a California canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state’s last two major oil spills.

The newly revealed spill has been flowing off and on since May and has again stopped, Chevron spokeswoman Veronica Flores-Paniagua said. She and California officials said the spill is not near any waterway and has not significantly affected wildlife. The last flow was Tuesday.