Spills · oil
Yuma energy main pass block 4 wellhead; breton sound, la, USA
NOAAORR-10212
- issued
- 2020-12-21 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2021-01-04 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2021-01-04 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.690, -89.360
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Yuma Energy Main Pass Block 4 Wellhead; Breton Sound, LA, USA. Breton Sound, LA, USA. 1. On December 21, 2020, NOAA opened this hotline for an incident that began on October 26, 2020. The USCG has received reports of intermittent sheening from inactive Yuma wellhead serial #207985 since Hurricane Zeta made landfall, 26 Oct 2020. Well is located in Breton Sound, LA. The leak is a steady drip of oil and water mixture above the waterline resulting in a light silver to rainbow sheen. No shoreline impacts observed to date. Yuma filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in October and is unable to take response actions. LADNR has entered the well into their Orphaned/Abandoned well program and contracted an OSRO to deploy boom. NOAA providing fate/trajectory and resources at risk as requested. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.690N 089.360W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10212: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10212
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