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Sabine bank, tx
Sabine Bank Pipeline Leak; Sabine Bank, Tx · 2 messages · 2007-10-23 to 2007-11-19
- status
- closed 2007-11-19 00:00Z
- opened
- 2007-10-23 00:00Z
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.542, -94.142
- joined by
- proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
- key
- pollution:NOAAORR-7702
Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first
- 1NOAAORR-77022007-10-23 00:00Z → cancelled 2007-11-06 00:00ZJefferson co., txpipeline
Sterling Exploration Pipeline Discharge; Jefferson Co., TX. Jefferson Co., TX. 1. A DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM A PIPELINE WAS REPORTED TO OR&R EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION AT APPROX. 2315HRS 23 OCT 2007. PRP CALCULATED A LOSS OF 138 BARRELS BUT CANNOT FIND THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. USCG REPORTED ON THE MORNING OF 24 OCT THAT THE SOURCE IS A "PINHOLE" LEAK IN THE PIPELINE IN 1 FOOT OF WATER. AN OVERFLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED THIS MORNING AND AN OIL SLICK HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 2-3NM BY 200YDS IN SIZE AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SOURCE. LOCATION IS BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND SABINE PASS (029deg37.40N, 094deg11.81W). 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: LIGHT CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5796 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE. 3. POSITION 29.623N 094.197W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7702: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7702
- 2NOAAORR-77062007-11-05 00:00Z → cancelled 2007-11-19 00:00ZSabine bank, txpipeline
Sabine Bank pipeline leak; Sabine Bank, TX. Sabine Bank, TX. 1. MSO Port Arthur reports a pipeline release 5 nm offshore between the Sabine River and Galveston, TX. Amount and product reported to be 750 bbl condensate crude, API 55. A sheen of undefined dimensions has been reported on the water. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL, API GRAVITY 55. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 327600 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE. 3. POSITION 29.542N 094.142W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7706: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7706
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