Green Canyon 248; Green Canyon Block 248, Gulf of Mexico
NOAA initial notification: “On May 12, 2016, NOAA was contacted by the USCG Marine Safety Unity in Morgan City, Louisiana, regarding a discharge of approximately 2100 barrels(88,200 gallons) of crude oil in the Green Canyon block of the Gulf of Mexico during drilling operations. The source was reported to […]”[1]
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Posted 9 Jul 2018
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“Shell Offshore to pay $3.9 million for 2016 deepwater oil spill from cracked pipeline By Mark Schleifstein | Posted July 07, 2018 at 07:30 AM 173shares 6 Comment This photo taken by a remotely operated vehicle at 2,885 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico shows a crack in the yellow pipe at a joint that was designed to separate if stressed by a dragging anchor or from […]” Current outcome is not independently verified by seahazards.[3]
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3 dated source records · 12 May 2016 to 9 Jul 2018NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “On May 12, 2016, NOAA was contacted by the USCG Marine Safety Unity in Morgan City, Louisiana, regarding a discharge of approximately 2100 barrels(88,200 gallons) of crude oil in the Green Canyon block of the Gulf of Mexico during drilling operations. The source was reported to be secure by the RP. The USCG has requested NOAA trajectory, oil fate, and resources at risk at this time. The incident is approximately 100 miles offshore”
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Milestone 1 of 3: 12 May 2016. NOAA incident record opened. NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track
NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “On May 12, 2016, NOAA was contacted by the USCG Marine Safety Unity in Morgan City, Louisiana, regarding a discharge of approximately 2100 barrels(88,200 gallons) of crude oil in the Green Canyon block of the Gulf of Mexico during drilling operations. The source was reported to be secure by the RP. The USCG has requested NOAA trajectory, oil fate, and resources at risk at this time. The incident is approximately 100 miles offshore”
NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track (27.731°, -90.570°)
USCG Press Release
Source report excerpt: “Coast Guard responds to offshore oil spill NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a crude oil spill that reportedly discharged from a Shell subsea well-head flow line, approximately 90 miles south of Timbalier Island, Louisiana, Thursday. An estimated 88,200 gallons was reportedly released from the pipeline. The source of the discharge was reported as secured. Marine Spill Response Corporation and Clean Gulf Associates have been contracted by Shell to begin clean up and containment operations. A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew is conducting an aerial assessment of the site and surrounding areas. The cause of the incident is under […]”
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Source report excerpt: “Shell Offshore to pay $3.9 million for 2016 deepwater oil spill from cracked pipeline By Mark Schleifstein | Posted July 07, 2018 at 07:30 AM 173shares 6 Comment This photo taken by a remotely operated vehicle at 2,885 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico shows a crack in the yellow pipe at a joint that was designed to separate if stressed by a dragging anchor or from some other accident. (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Shell Offshore) Shell Offshore Inc. has agreed to pay $3.9 million to the federal government and several Louisiana state agencies to settle charges that it violated federal and state laws in releasing 80,892 gallons of crude oil from a cracked […]”
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NOAAORR-9277 NOAA response record
Green Canyon 248; Green Canyon Block 248, Gulf of Mexico. Green Canyon Block 248, Gulf of Mexico. 1. On May 12, 2016, NOAA was contacted by the USCG Marine Safety Unity in Morgan City, Louisiana, regarding a discharge of approximately 2100 barrels(88,200 gallons) of crude oil in the Green Canyon block of the Gulf of Mexico during drilling operations. The source was reported to be secure by the RP. The USCG has requested NOAA trajectory, oil fate, and resources at risk at this time. The incident is approximately 100 miles offshore 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: LOUISIANA CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 88200 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 27.731N 090.570W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9277: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9277Open record and warning history →
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