Spills · oil
Lake charles, la
Calcasieu Ship Channel Discharge; Lake Charles, la · NOAAORR-10005
- issued
- 2019-11-07 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2019-11-21 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2019-11-21 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 30.132, -93.321
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Calcasieu Ship Channel Discharge; Lake Charles, LA. Lake Charles, LA. 1. On November 7, 2019, MSU Lake Charles contacted NOAA SSC to request a trajectory and resources at risk analysis for a discharge of Louisiana Sweet Crude discharged from a pipeline. Discharge began approximately 2300 on November 5, 2019. Source is secure. Total discharge volume unknown at time of request. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: SWEET LOUISIANA CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1400 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 30.132N 093.321W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10005: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10005
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
- Release of aluminum phosphide in M/V thorco liva; port arthur, texas2026-07-28
- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Johnson bayou, la2026-06-17
- 2726 gillespie, crystal beach, tx 77650, USA2026-05-16
- On april 27, 2026, the U.S2026-04-27
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Timeline · 4 messages since 2019-10-01 · closed 2019-12-11
- On october 1, 2019, a tender sank in calcasieu channel, carrying an estimated 100 gallons of diesel and 30…2019-10-01 → 2019-10-15
- Lake charles, la this message2019-11-07 → 2019-11-21
- Osv botruc 22 spill; off sabine pass, tx2019-11-14 → 2019-11-28
- On november 27, 2019, a tank at the tpc facility in port neches, tx exploded2019-11-27 → 2019-12-11
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