DRILLING RIG SET UP

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7420. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-74201999-07-23 00:00Z → cancelled 1999-08-06 00:00Z
   Atchafalaya bay, louisiana
   Shell Pipeline; Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana · Gulf of Mexico

   Shell Pipeline; Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana.
   Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana.
   1. At 1000 on Friday 23 July, the NOAA SSC was notified of spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred when a jack-up drilling rig set up on top of a Shell Oil pipeline at location 28?26.4N/91?02.4W in Block 241 of the Ship Shoal Block. This location is approximately 30 miles offshore and SSE of Atchafalaya Bay in Louisiana. The oil is a light condensate with an API of 35 and the amount spilled is potentially 3700 barrels. A slick of 2 miles by 4 miles has been observed in the vicinity of the incident. USCG district 8. Keyword: none.
   2. COMMODITY: LIGHT CONDENSATE WITH AN API OF 35. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 155000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 28.433N 091.033W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7420: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7420