HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Shell pipeline spilled 1,400 barrels of crude oil into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, the U.S. Coast Guard reported Monday.
The leak Saturday afternoon came from a 20-inch line in Eugene Island Block 281, part of the Eugene Island pipeline system, Shell confirmed.
The leak was controlled, cleanup was underway and the cause was being investigated, officials said.
The location is 75 miles south of Atchafalaya Bay off the coast of Louisiana, the Coast Guard said.
(Reporting by Bruce Nichols)
