>> kristi luttrell: it is. general, the industry's very responsible in reporting those type of amounts and even cleaning up the-- the spill and securing the source. >> wertheim: captain kristi luttrell, a veteran of the coast guard, was placed in charge of overseeing te taylor energy spill in 2018. >> luttrell: this is the biggest pollution response case i'll see in my 28-year career. >> wertheim: taylor energy was required by federal law to set aside $666 million in a trust to fund clean-up costs. taylor says that by 2011, it had spent hundreds of millions to plug nine of the most active wells at the site. then, in 2013, taylor energy, along with u.s. government agencies including the coast guard, issued this report concluding the best option was to leave the underwater site alone. it said only small amounts of oil-- "about three gallons per day"-- were likely flowing, and further action could hurt the environment. for years, they were claiming this was about three gallons a day, not 1,000. three gallons a day