Phyllis Taylor’s company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That’s been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor.
Hurricane Laura swept through the hub of the U.S. oil and gas industry, setting fire to a manufacturer of chlorine and other highly dangerous chemicals used in swimming pools.
The leak, about 12 miles off the Louisiana coast, has been releasing oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico since 2004, when a bundle of undersea pipes ruptured.
