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Whitney tank battery 160 loomis pass spill; venice, la, USA

NOAAORR-10050

issued: 2020-02-27 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2020-03-12 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2020-03-12 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.117, -89.181
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Whitney Tank Battery 160 Loomis Pass Spill; Venice, LA, USA.
Venice, LA, USA.
1. On February 27, 2020, the USCG Sector New Orleans received a report of a discharge of crude oil from a flow line at the Whitney Garden Island Bay Field; Tank Battery 160 Facility, located near Loomis Pass, in the Pass A Loutre State Wildlife Management. Discharge is secure. Initial estimates are between 5 and 30bbl. USCG requested fate/trajectory and resources at risk.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 29.117N 089.181W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10050: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10050

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