Off morgan city, louisiana

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   NOAAORR-66641989-02-14 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-02-28 00:00Z
   Barge sfi 61; houma, louisiana

   Barge SFI 61; Houma, Louisiana.
   Houma, Louisiana.
   1. On February 6, 1989, the barge SFI 61 ran aground while being moved on the Intracoastal Waterway near Houma, Louisiana, spilling an estimated 500 barrels of a potential 6,000 barrels of number 6 fuel oil. Efforts to stop the fuel leak and contain the spill began shortly thereafter. Cool temperatures and rainy weather hampered containment and cleanup, and the oil began disappearing below the surface of the canal. Cleanup operations were discontinued a week later when approximately 150 barrels of the material had been recovered from a six-mile section of the waterway. However, during the next few days, daytime temperatures increased with clearing skies and the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Morgan City, was inundated with spill reports from up and down the Intracoastal Waterway near Houma. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: NUMBER 6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 21000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 29.554N 090.704W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6664: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6664

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   NOAAORR-66651989-02-15 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-03-01 00:00Z
   Off morgan city, louisiana

   Sandfer Offshore Petroleum; Off Morgan City, Louisiana.
   Off Morgan City, Louisiana.
   1. Early on February 15, 1989, Sandfer Offshore Petroleum discovered that approximately 600 barrels of Louisiana crude oil had spilled during the night from their "Alpha" platform in an offshore lease approximately 60 nautical miles south-southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana. The platform collection tank that had overflowed and caused the spill was secured and was no longer leaking oil. A U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service overflight reported a 50-yard wide slick extending 35 miles to the northwest. A U.S. Coast Guard overflight at 1500 observed that the slick, which was proceeding northwest in a long streamer measuring 21 miles long, showed signs of breaking up. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: LOUISIANA CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 25200 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 29.720N 091.157W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6665: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6665