Spills · oil

Whitney oil & gas tank battery 49, garden island bay; venice, la 70091, USA

NOAAORR-10024

issued
2019-12-14 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2019-12-28 00:00Z
self-cancels
2019-12-28 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.076, -89.165
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Whitney Oil & Gas Tank Battery 49, Garden Island Bay; Venice, LA 70091, USA.
Venice, LA 70091, USA.
1. On December 14, 2019, at approximately 0733 hrs, Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division (IMD) received NRC#1266407 reporting of approximately 23-25 bbls of crude oil discharged from a broken reducer on the discharge side of a pump, which serviced a 2” flowline between the Dry Oil Tank and storage barge at the Tank Battery 49 facility, located in Garden Island Bay in Plaquemines Parish. SSC Notified
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 29.076N 089.165W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10024: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10024

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