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Delaware river, pennsylvania

T/v Viking Osprey; Delaware River, Pennsylvania · 2 messages · 1986-08-13 to 1986-09-22

status
closed 1986-09-22 00:00Z
opened
1986-08-13 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.798, -75.424
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6394

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-63941986-08-13 00:00Z → cancelled 1986-08-27 00:00Z
    At midnight on august 13, 1986, ashland chemical corporation inadvertently released 170 gallons of styrene…
    Ashland Chemical Corporation; Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia, PA.
1. At midnight on August 13, 1986, Ashland Chemical Corporation inadvertently released 170 gallons of styrene into the Philadelphia sewer system. USCG district 3.
2. COMMODITY: STYRENE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 170 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 39.940N 075.136W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6394: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6394
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-64041986-09-08 00:00Z → cancelled 1986-09-22 00:00Z
    Delaware river, pennsylvania
    T/V Viking Osprey; Delaware River, Pennsylvania.
Delaware River, Pennsylvania.
1. At 1500 on September 8, 1986, the 749 foot tanker, Viking Osprey, carrying approximately 550,000 barrels of Isthmus crude oil, touched bottom just below Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania while en route to the Mobile Oil Refinery at Psulsboro, New Jersey. Approximately 270,000 gallons were released from a breach in the hull of the No. l center tank until midnight, when the tank was emptied at the refinery. The ship was boomed by Mobil personnel as soon as it docked. USCG district 3.
2. COMMODITY: ISTHMUS CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 270000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 39.798N 075.424W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6404: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6404

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