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Fracking is not used in the Beta field's unit, and would be banned or heavily restricted, per a court order given to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

[11] In the initial aftermath of the discovery of the spill it was termed a "potential ecological disaster" by Huntington Beach mayor Kim Carr on October 2, 2021.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending investigators to gather information and assess the source of the oil spill.

[12] News outlets asserted that Amplify and Willsher were being "evasive" about a 15-hour delay in notifying federal regulators about the oil spill, which was reported by its crisis company, Witt O'Brien's.

"[13] In November, 2021, Coast Guard investigators determined that at least one container ship, the Beijing owned by Capetanissa Maritime Corp. of Liberia / V-Ships Greece Ltd., “was involved in an anchor dragging incident on Jan. 25, 2021 during a heavy weather event that impacted the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach.” The owner and the operator have been named “parties in interest” in the investigation.

The MSC Danit was also identified as "moving over the pipeline while in high winds Jan. 25, before eventually moving out to the channel near Santa Catalina Island" and the Coast Guard has also designated Mediterranean Shipping Co., the operator of the Danit, and Dordellas Finance Corp. of Panama, its owner, as parties of interest in the ongoing investigation.

[15] In August 2022, Amplify announced it would plead guilty to one count of misdemeanor negligent discharge of oil related to the leak.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s pollution responders, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Huntington Beach’s lifeguards and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office all engaged.

“Tar patties” found along the beach didn't "currently warrant closing the area [per the city, and] teams have started cleaning up."

[23] Amplify is the successor of Memorial Production Partners, which went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017 and was traded as Nasdaq: MEMP.

Midstates Petroleum (previously NYSE: MPO) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which had gone through bankruptcy in 2016, was merged with Amplify in 2019.

Memorial itself had, earlier, emerged from the NGP private equity fund and the Beta field in turn had been originally discovered in 1976 by Royal Dutch Shell.

Huntington Beach field as a whole "was once considered the 12th largest in the nation, having produced more than a billion barrels since discovery by the Standard Oil Co. in 1920.

[3][28][29][30][31] Fir Tree Capital Management, a hedge fund founded by Jeff Tannenbaum, owns approximately 27.7% of Amplify's outstanding stock.

[37][38][36][39][40][41][42] Christopher W. Hamm, Chairman Patrice Douglas Randal T. Klein Evan S. Lederman David H. Proman Todd R. Snyder Martyn Willsher, CEO