# Taylor Energy MC20 well leak

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/taylor-energy-mc20-well-leak/51923>\
**Category:** Maritime News\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/taylor-energy-mc20-well-leak/51923 "2019-06-26T10:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![BBMF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@BBMF](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BBMF)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/taylor-energy-mc20-well-leak/51923/1 "2019-06-26T10:25:27Z")

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NY Times reporting that NOAA believes a collapsed Taylor Energy platform has leaked considerably more oil than the company has reported.

[New Estimate for an Oil Leak: A Thousand Times Worse Than Rig Owner Says](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/climate/taylor-energy-gulf-of-mexico.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share)

I also recommend the paper published by NOAA that is referenced and linked to in the NYT article. It’s incredibly interesting if you like that sort of thing.

[An Integrated Assessment of Oil and Gas Release into the Marine Environment at the Former Taylor Energy MC20 Site](https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/publication-attachments/nccos-tech-memos/NCCOS-TM-260_Mason_2019.pdf?smid=nytcore-ios-share)

Interested to get some opinions or first hand knowledge on this.

How is it possible that Taylor Energy was allowed to under-report this for 14 years? Do you think the company was intentionally mieading authorities by under reporting?