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• Spills · 3 messages1991-05-01 → 1991-06-18An offshore oil rig belonging to alliance oil collapsed off the coast of louisiana

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   Spills·NOAAORR-68051991-05-01 00:00Z → cancelled 1991-05-15 00:00Z
   On may 1, 1991, the united states coast guard marine safety office (mso) port arthur, texas received reports…
   Unknown Oil Slick; Cameron, Louisiana · Cameron, Louisiana · Gulf of Mexico

   Unknown Oil Slick; Cameron, Louisiana.
   Cameron, Louisiana.
   1. On May 1, 1991, the United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) Port Arthur, Texas received reports of a large oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico about 120 nautical miles due south of Cameron, Louisiana. An overflight confirmed the presence an oil slick measuring approximately 20 miles long by 1 mile wide near the sunken research vessel GECO APOLLO. The GECO APOLLO had been lost earlier in the year with 144,000 gallons of diesel fuel onboard. Wind at the scene was out of the east-southeast at 15 to 25 knots, swinging more to the east as the day progressed. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: OIL.
   3. POSITION 29.686N 093.318W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6805: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6805