Yes, but the desert is a nature reserve. The pics are astonishing - rivers and pools of oil. It is said to be 600,000 barrels, or perhaps over a million.
Oh well, with the price of oil down, at least it should be cheap to replace.
Santa Barbara, CA has oil leaking out of the cliffs by a public beach. The oil is also leaking at a rate of an oil tanker a year in the Santa Barbara channel under the sea. I have been on that beach and you see tar balls. The state has blocked most new drilling in the area that could sop up all that oil.
These spills as messy as they are have been ongoing since oil was created since before dinosaurs. There are creatures that eat this oil and also the sun rays will break down the oil. Man will also clean up the spill as it means money.