Spills · oil

Cox operating S2 energy east timbalier island pipeline spill; la USA

NOAAORR-10195

issued: 2020-11-01 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2020-11-15 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2020-11-15 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.065, -90.330
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Cox Operating S2 Energy East Timbalier Island Pipeline Spill; LA USA.
LA USA.
1. On November 1, 2020, the USCG notified the NOAA SSC that S2 Energy had identified a service riser slowly discharging oil south west of East Timbalier Island. A 4-mile sheen with a dark product extended to the southeast. No shoreline impacts observed. Source secure. NOAA provided trajectory.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 29.065N 090.330W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10195: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10195

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