Nikiski, cook inlet, alaska

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   NOAAORR-66301988-11-02 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-11-16 00:00Z
   Trading bay, upper cook inlet, alaska

   M/V Alaska Constructor; Trading Bay, Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
   Trading Bay, Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
   1. At approximately 0830 on November 2, 1988, an explosion ripped through the Alaska Constructor, a 113-foot supply vessel en route from Anchorage to Trading Bay to deliver fuel to an earth-moving operation. The explosion occurred while the vessel was aground at Trading Bay. A tank truck containing 3,000 gallons of gasoline immediately caught fire on the vessel's deck. The Alaska Constructor also had 7,000 gallons of gasoline and 11,000 gallons of diesel in tanks below the deck. The Nikiski Fire Department, workboats in the vicinity, and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter responded to the blaze. One man escaped overboard in the shallow water, while three others remained trapped aboard the vessel. Cook Inlet Pipeline Co. activated the Cook Inlet Response Organization, which sent two vessels and a fireproof boom to curb any pollution. USCG district 17.
   2. COMMODITY: GASOLINE, DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 18000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 60.864N 151.108W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6630: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6630

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   NOAAORR-66321988-11-14 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-11-28 00:00Z
   Upper cook inlet, alaska

   Marathon Spark Platform; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
   Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
   1. On November 14, 1988, a water well off the Marathon Oil Company Spark platform accidentally communicated with an oil reservoir, releasing approximately 20 barrels of Cook Inlet crude into Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska. A snow storm and poor visibility prevented the U.S. Coast Guard from monitoring the oil slick until that afternoon. USCG district 17.
   2. COMMODITY: COOK INLET CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 840 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 60.997N 150.729W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6632: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6632

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   NOAAORR-66391988-12-12 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-12-26 00:00Z
   Nikiski, cook inlet, alaska

   T/V Oriental Crane; Nikiski, Cook Inlet, Alaska.
   Nikiski, Cook Inlet, Alaska.
   1. Late in the morning on December 12, 1988, 25-knot winds knocked the Oriental Crane, a 300-foot Japanese fuel tanker, into the Kenai Pipeline dock, where the tanker was loading diesel fuel. The force of the collision punched an approximately eight inch-wide hole into a fuel tank of bunker C above the water line. Fuel leaked into the water for approximately 40 minutes before dropping below the level of the hole when the bunker C was pumped into another undamaged tank. An estimated 182 barrels of fuel oil were lost into Cook Inlet. USCG district 17.
   2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 7640 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 60.669N 151.496W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6639: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6639