Mississippi river delta, la

Timeline · 3 messages, oldest first

1. 1
   NOAAORR-69001992-08-31 00:00Z → cancelled 1992-09-14 00:00Z
   Timbalier island, la

   Texaco Pipeline; Timbalier Island, LA.
   Timbalier Island, LA.
   1. At about 1300 on August 31, 1992, a Texaco 20-inch pipeline was severed by an oil rig that had broken loose during Hurricane Andrew. Texaco Inc. conducted an overflight of the area and sighted the slick at 1830 and reported the spill to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) at 1905. USCG Marine Safety Office (MSO) New Orleans personnel conducted a forward-looking infrared radar (FLIR) overflight of the area and showed a copy of the radar image output to Texaco personnel early the next morning. By 0615, September 1, 1992, the slick had grown to approximately five by ten nautical miles (nm). USCG district 8. Keyword: none.
   2. COMMODITY: OIL.
   3. POSITION 28.942N 090.607W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6900: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6900

2. 2
   NOAAORR-69021992-09-29 00:00Z → cancelled 1992-10-13 00:00Z
   Timbalier bay, la

   Greenhill Petroleum Corporation Well Blowout; Timbalier Bay, LA.
   Timbalier Bay, LA.
   1. The rig caught on fire at approximately 1200 CST. The fire initially was burning oil and gas, but the oil fire went out after a short time. Although the fire appears not to be damaging the rig, one person was injured due to burns. Debra Simecek-Beaty, NOAA, overflew over the spill area (H-65) from 1220 to 1320. On scene winds were about 15 knots from the NE. The rig was on fire and a slick extended from the rig to the western end of East Timbalier Island. The slick contained mostly silver and rainbow sheen with a narrow band of dark colored streamers. Burn residue was also observed in the slick. Shoreline impacts on East Timbalier Island extended from the western tip and along the northern shore to the radio tower. No impacts were observed east of the radio tower. Two subsequent overflights mapped the shoreline features in greater detail since there had been more than a dozen breaks in [...]
   2. COMMODITY: SOUTH LOUISIANA CRUDE.
   3. POSITION 29.083N 090.300W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6902: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6902

3. 3
   NOAAORR-69071992-10-30 00:00Z → cancelled 1992-11-13 00:00Z
   Mississippi river delta, la

   Pirate Well Platform; Mississippi River Delta, LA.
   Mississippi River Delta, LA.
   1. At approximately 0753, on October 30, 1992, CONOCO personnel notified the USCG that an unnamed tug and its barge had run over a well platform in the main channel of the Mississippi River. The platform was not owned by CONOCO; it was considered a "pirate" well, probably belonging to a small company. The wind was out of the southeast at 10 to 12 knots and there were two-foot seas at the time of the report. At 0830 a Minerals Management Service (MMS) aircraft happened to fly over the area and reported a three-mile slick tending to the northeast. The contents of the barge, the quantity of fuel on the tug, the product seen in the water, and the source of the leak were unknown. The well was owned by South Parish Oil, a bankrupt company, and was thought to be a shut-in well, not a production well. The report of a collision by a tug with barges was unconfirmed and thought to be erroneous. [...]
   2. COMMODITY: OIL.
   3. POSITION 28.917N 089.950W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6907: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6907