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Port sulphur, la
Oil Discharge From Platform In Lake Washington, Port Sulphur, la · 3 messages · 2022-12-27 to 2023-02-05
- status
- closed 2023-02-05 00:00Z
- opened
- 2022-12-27 00:00Z
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.396, -89.781
- joined by
- proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
- key
- pollution:NOAAORR-10549
Timeline · 3 messages, oldest first
- 1NOAAORR-105492022-12-27 00:00Z → cancelled 2023-01-10 00:00ZOn december 23, 2022, the uscg received notification of an approximate 30bbl spill of crude oil from a wcc…oil
Tank Battery Spill, Port Sulphur, LA. LA, USA. 1. On December 23, 2022, the USCG received notification of an approximate 30bbl spill of crude oil from a WCC Energy tank battery in Port Sulphur, LA. Approximately 2 miles of an adjacent canal have been significantly impacted. On December 27, the USCG notified NOAA and later requested NOAA on-scene support. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1260 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.481N 089.700W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10549: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10549
- 2NOAAORR-105592023-01-16 00:00Z → cancelled 2023-01-30 00:00ZSunken dredge barge, mm 85 of the mississippi riverderelict
Sunken Dredge Barge, MM 85 of the Mississippi River. Mississippi River MM 85. 1. On January 16, 2023, the USCG notified the NOAA SSC of a sunken dredge barge "W.D. Wood" at MM 85 in the Mississippi River. The cause of the submerged dredge is unknown. It is estimated that there was 5500 gallons of diesel fuel and 100 gallons of hydraulic oil on board at the time of capsizing. The USCG requested trajectory and fate analysis. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5500 GALLONS. TAGS: DERELICT. 3. POSITION 29.912N 089.917W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10559: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10559
- 3NOAAORR-105612023-01-22 00:00Z → cancelled 2023-02-05 00:00ZPort sulphur, laoil
Oil Discharge from Platform in Lake Washington, Port Sulphur, LA. Port Sulphur, LA. 1. On January 22, 2023, the USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA Regional Response Officer (RRO) of oil discharge from the Lake Washington Central Facility, a platform owned/operated by Hilcorp Energy, in Lake Washington / Lake Grande Ecaille, LA. USCG Sector New Orleans IMD personnel conducted a site visit to the platform and requested a trajectory and fate analysis and RAR. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 42 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.396N 089.781W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10561: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10561
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