Spills & pollution incidents in 2022

Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings.

issued in 2022
151
still in force
0
vs 2021
-1%
first · last
01-06 · 12-27

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By NAVAREA series

  • NOAA IncidentNews133
  • HYDROLANT14
  • HYDROPAC4

Where · top seas

Gulf of Mexico5235%
North Atlantic Ocean3121%
North Pacific Ocean2919%
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia149%
North Sea107%
Bering Sea53%
South Pacific Ocean32%
Caribbean Sea21%
English Channel21%
Arabian Sea11%

All spills & pollution incidents issued in 2022 · 151

  1. NOAAORR-105482022-12-27 → 2023-01-10
    Discharge from ingleside dock 5, ingleside, tx
  2. NOAAORR-105492022-12-27 → 2023-01-10
    On december 23, 2022, the uscg received notification of an approximate 30bbl spill of crude oil from a wcc…
    Tank Battery Spill, Port Sulphur, la · La, USA
  3. NOAAORR-105472022-12-21 → 2023-01-04
    Beech C90 king air airplane crash, hawaii
  4. NOAAORR-105442022-12-15 → 2022-12-29
    Santa cruz island, ca
    Fishing Vessel Grounded In Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, Ca
  5. NOAAORR-105462022-12-15 → 2022-12-29
    Bolivar peninsula, tx
    Utv Candace Allision; Bolivar Peninsula, Tx
  6. NOAAORR-105432022-12-11 → 2022-12-25
    Privately-owned, de-commissioned coast guard buoy tender grounded, long beach, ca
  7. NOAAORR-105422022-12-08 → 2022-12-22
    Offshore galveston, tx
    Shrimping Vessel Sunk Offshore of Jamaica Beach, Tx
  8. NOAAORR-105452022-12-01 → 2022-12-15
    On december 1, 2022, uscg sector houston galveston requested noaa ssc review of a draft biological…
    Trinity Bay Pipeline; Anahuac, Tx · Anahuac, Tx
  9. HYDROLANT 3069/222022-11-29 → 2022-12-08
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further notice in vicinity 50-19.60N 004-14.70W
    English Channel · England
  10. NOAAORR-105392022-11-28 → 2022-12-12
    Lake charles, la
    Oil Discharge At Calcasieu Point Landing, Lake Charles, la
  11. NOAAORR-105412022-11-27 → 2022-12-11
    Whitney oil & gas well 259 garden island bay leak; port eads, la, USA
  12. NOAAORR-105402022-11-21 → 2022-12-05
    Gulf of mexico
    Seacor Marine Lb Robert Potential Spill; Gulf of Mexico
  13. NOAAORR-105382022-11-17 → 2022-12-01
    White plains, nc, USA
    Fishing Vessel Sinks In Pamlico Sound, White Plains, Nc
  14. NOAAORR-105372022-11-16 → 2022-11-30
    Cameron parish, louisiana
    Well Discharge Into Marsh Near Creole, la
  15. NOAAORR-105362022-11-14 → 2022-11-28
    Oil on beach at canaveral space force station, port canaveral, fl
  16. HYDROLANT 2905/222022-11-13 → 2022-11-15
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until 16 nov by M/V willchallenge in vicinity…
    English Channel · England
  17. NOAAORR-105352022-11-13 → 2022-11-27
    Sinking of work barge, bon secour bay, south end of mobile bay, al
  18. NOAAORR-105342022-11-07 → 2022-11-21
    Allision between tug boat and out-of-service flowline, south pass 24, pilottown, la
  19. NOAAORR-105332022-11-05 → 2022-11-19
    Port hadlock-irondale, wa, USA
    Recreational Vessel Sunk, Port Hadlock, Wa
  20. NOAAORR-105312022-11-04 → 2022-11-18
    04 nov 2022 a shrimping vessel net became ensnared on an adjacent wellhead
    Shrimping Vessel Capsize, Main Pass, la · La, USA
  21. NOAAORR-105322022-11-04 → 2022-11-18
    Spill of a mixture containing oil and polymer products into drainage ditch leading to patrick bayou, deer…
  22. NOAAORR-105302022-11-02 → 2022-11-16
    Saint george, me, USA
    F/V Irene Alton Sinking; Saint George, Me, USA
  23. NOAAORR-105292022-10-28 → 2022-11-11
    55 nm se of assateague island, va
    Fishing Vessel Sunk Se of Assateague Island, Virginia
  24. NOAAORR-105262022-10-25 → 2022-11-08
    Bridgeport, ct 06608, USA
    Mystery Sheen, Bridgeport, Ct
  25. NOAAORR-105272022-10-25 → 2022-11-08
    Narragansett, ri, USA
    Unexploded Ordnance, Block Island Sound, Narragansett, Ri
  26. NOAAORR-105252022-10-24 → 2022-11-07
    70’ fishing vessel sunk, fish harbor, san pedro, ca
  27. NOAAORR-105242022-10-11 → 2022-10-25
    Isle of palms, sc, USA
    Mystery Slick Off Charleston Sc
  28. NOAAORR-105222022-09-24 → 2022-10-08
    On september 23, 2022, the noaa ssc for uscg district 7 in miami, fl began monitoring depression #9 (now…
    Hurricane Ian · Florida
  29. NOAAORR-105202022-09-19 → 2022-10-03
    37 nm west of point loma, san diego, ca
    Anomaly Detected By Satellite West of Point Loma, San Diego, Ca
  30. NOAAORR-105212022-09-18 → 2022-10-02
    Remnants of typhoon merbok damage towns and villages along bering sea coastline, alaska
  31. NOAAORR-105182022-09-16 → 2022-09-30
    40-Foot cabin cruiser taking on water, tom's bayou, valparaiso, fl
  32. NOAAORR-105172022-09-15 → 2022-09-29
    On 15-SEP-2022, uscg sector columbia river notified noaa ssc of a mystery sheen that was observed approx
    Mystery Sheen, Depoe Bay, Or · Oregon
  33. NOAAORR-105162022-09-04 → 2022-09-18
    In the afternoon of 4-SEPT-2022, a seaplane went down on the west side of whidbey island near mutiny bay, wa
    Seaplane Down, Mutiny Bay, Whidbey Island, Wa · Mutiny Bay
  34. NOAAORR-105142022-09-03 → 2022-09-17
    40-foot vessel sunk, two harbors, santa catalina island, ca
  35. NOAAORR-105152022-09-02 → 2022-09-16
    Pascagoula, ms, USA
    Lube Oil Spills Into Bayou Casotte At Refinery, Pascagoula, Ms
  36. NOAAORR-105132022-09-02 → 2022-09-16
    Offshore old orchard beach, me
    Mystery Sheen Off Old Orchard Beach, Me
  37. HYDROLANT 2161/222022-08-31 → 2022-09-16
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further noticeby M/V atlantica supplier, M/V sar…
    North Sea · England
  38. NOAAORR-105122022-08-29 → 2022-09-12
    San francisco bay, ca
    "red Tide" Algae Bloom, San Francisco Bay, Ca
  39. HYDROLANT 2095/222022-08-24 → 2022-08-31
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further notice by M/V willchallenge, M/V sartor,…
    North Sea · England
  40. HYDROLANT 2074/222022-08-22 → 2022-08-24
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further notice by M/V willchallenge, M/V sartor,…
    North Sea · England
  41. HYDROLANT 2055/222022-08-19 → 2022-08-22
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further notice by M/V willchallenge, M/V sartor,…
    North Sea · England
  42. HYDROLANT 2044/222022-08-17 → 2022-08-19
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further notice by M/V willchallenge, M/V sartor,…
    North Sea · England
  43. NOAAORR-105112022-08-17 → 2022-08-31
    Discharge of natural gas condensate from repaired line, west cameron block 498, offshore texas
  44. HYDROLANT 2043/222022-08-16 → 2022-08-17
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further notice by M/V willchallenge, M/V sartor,…
    North Sea · England
  45. NOAAORR-105092022-08-16 → 2022-08-30
    Grays harbor jetty, westport, wa
    Fishing Vessel Aground, Grays Harbor Jetty, Westport, Wa
  46. NOAAORR-105082022-08-15 → 2022-08-29
    Leaking flow line discharge of crude oil into tabbs bay, baytown, tx
  47. HYDROLANT 2019/222022-08-14 → 2022-08-16
    Salvage and pollution response operations in progress until further notice by M/V willchallenge, M/V sartor,…
    North Sea · England
  48. HYDROLANT 2018/222022-08-14 → 2022-09-02
    Oil spill in 58-42.17N 007-46.48W at 140646Z aug
    Eastern North Atlantic · Scotland
  49. NOAAORR-105072022-08-14 → 2022-08-28
    Whites landing, santa catalina island, ca
    Sunken Pleasure Craft, Whites Landing, Santa Catalina Island, Ca
  50. NOAAORR-105052022-08-13 → 2022-08-27
    681 smuggler cove, friday harbor, wa
    Fishing Vessel Sunk Off San Juan Island, Wa

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