Port bolivar, tx

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   NOAAORR-87272014-02-21 00:00Z → cancelled 2014-03-07 00:00Z
   Leaking 1 inch pipeline; high isl block 98L, txpipeline

   Leaking 1 inch Pipeline; High Isl Block 98L, TX.
   High Isl Block 98L, TX.
   1. On On February 21, 2014, the USCG Marine Safety Unit in Texas City, TX, contacted the NOAA SSC about a leaking pipeline on an abandoned platform in High Island Block 98L, about 8 miles off Bolivar Point, TX. During routine operations, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) noticed a sheen and investigated. BSEE personnel landed their helicopter on the abandoned platform to discover 50 psi pressure on the abandoned well. A 1 inch pipeline on the platform is leaking and currently causing a 3-4 mile sheen. USCG contact NOAA to request a trajectory for this incident.
   2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: PIPELINE.
   3. POSITION 29.381N 094.490W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8727: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8727

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   NOAAORR-87412014-03-22 00:00Z → cancelled 2014-04-05 00:00Z
   Port bolivar, txcollision

   Texas City "Y" Incident, (ICW); Port Bolivar, TX.
   Port Bolivar, TX.
   1. On March 22, 2014, the USCG Sector Houston-Galveston (MSU Texas City) notified the NOAA SSC that the 585 foot bulk carrier 'M/V Summer Wind' collided with an oil tank-barge, containing 924,000 gallons of fuel oil. The tank barge was towed by the 'M/V Miss Susan' and owned by Kirby Inland Marine. The collision occurred in Galveston Bay near the Texas City dike on Saturday March 22 at approximately 12:30 p.m. The cargo of the barge, an intermediate fuel oil (RMG-380), has been spilled. The USCG has requested on-scene support from NOAA to provide trajectories, shoreline assessment, common operational picture, overflight, weather, and natural resource information services. The Texas General Land Office and other agencies are responding.
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: IFO 380 OR RGM 380. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 168000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
   3. POSITION 29.363N 094.798W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8741: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8741