During the evening news of december 28, 1990, a vinton-area television station ran a story about an oil…

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   NOAAORR-67781990-12-19 00:00Z → cancelled 1991-01-02 00:00Z
   On december 16, 1990, the louisiana state police reported an oil spill at the amoco production facilities…

   AMOCO Collection Line; Hackberry, Louisiana.
   Hackberry, Louisiana.
   1. On December 16, 1990, the Louisiana State Police reported an oil spill at the AMOCO production facilities near Hackberry, about 17 miles south-southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) personnel, Lake Charles investigated and confirmed a spill estimated at 14,700 gallons. The oil was characterized as Louisiana Medium Sweet Crude (API 31-32) and included more than 8 percent production waters. Reportedly, an unidentified service vessel struck and severed a collection pipeline on December 15, 1990, causing the spill. AMOCO officials reported that cleanup contractors had been called and that response was underway. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: LOUISIANA MEDIUM SWEET CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 14700 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 29.983N 093.352W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6778: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6778

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   NOAAORR-67791990-12-28 00:00Z → cancelled 1991-01-11 00:00Z
   During the evening news of december 28, 1990, a vinton-area television station ran a story about an oil…

   Vinton Drainage Canal; Vinton, Louisiana.
   Vinton, Louisiana.
   1. During the evening news of December 28, 1990, a Vinton-area television station ran a story about an oil spill in the Vinton Canal approximately 5 miles south of Vinton, Louisiana. The program did not identify the source of the spill, but showed birds, including a blue heron, fishing the area. The news report indicated that the spill was large, possibly major. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) personnel tried to verify the story, without success, beyond identifying the general area of the spill as the Vinton Canal near where it enters the Intracoastal Waterway. Public interest in the spill was intense. The USCG Marine Safety Office (MSO) Port Arthur, Texas continued to receive telephone calls about a spill on the canal covering an area as large as 2 miles long and shore-to-shore in the approximately 100-foot wide cut. USCG investigators from the Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Lake Charles, [...]
   2. COMMODITY: YELLOW AND GREEN SUBSTANCE.
   3. POSITION 30.192N 093.579W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6779: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6779