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Off empire, la

Burning Platform; Off Empire, la · 2 messages · 2012-02-29 to 2012-03-30

status
closed 2012-03-30 00:00Z
opened
2012-02-29 00:00Z
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.457, -89.393
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-8410

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-84102012-02-29 00:00Z → cancelled 2012-03-14 00:00Z
    Garden island bay barge hits old well; garden island bay, miss r delta, lapipeline
    Garden Island Bay Barge hits old well; Garden Island Bay, Miss R Delta, LA.
    Garden Island Bay, Miss R Delta, LA.
    1. At 1030am CST on 29Feb2012, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the D-8 SSC to request science support (trajectory forecast, satellite imagery) for a crude oil (condensate) release in Garden Island Bay, Plaquemins Parish, LA starting at 1900CST, 27Feb2012. The discharge is estimated as 700gallons and has been secured and isolation booming is complete. NOAA support is requested in support of shoreline assessment (SCAT).
    2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL CONDENSATE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 700 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE.
    3. POSITION 29.091N 089.164W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8410: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8410
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-84192012-03-16 00:00Z → cancelled 2012-03-30 00:00Z
    Off empire, laoil
    Burning Platform; Off Empire, LA.
    Off Empire, LA.
    1. At 1700 CST, on 16MAR, USCG contact NOAA SSC about a platform on fire. A small platform fire broke out on Baptiste Collette Bayou due to welding near a storage tank of crude oil. Three people vacated the platform and no one is believed to still be on it. A Port Authority boat from the Coast Guard is on the scene. There has been no oil released at this point, but USCG has requested a trajectory for the full release of the storage tank.
    2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5000 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 29.457N 089.393W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8419: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8419

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