AdvertisementPipeline Operator: Possibly Months To Determine Cause Of Calif. SpillMay 22, 2015Scott NeumanfacebookEmailA bird covered in oil flaps its wings at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., on Thursday. More than 9,000 gallons of oil have been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. (AP)