- Records show Plains All American Pipeline admitted leak was possible
- Sensitive Santa Barbara coastline was hit by up to 101,000 gallons of oil
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A Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line, while possible, was “extremely unlikely”.