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Spill From Quarter North Oil Well, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico · NOAAORR-10403

issued
2022-01-10 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2022-01-24 00:00Z
self-cancels
2022-01-24 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
28.971, -89.500
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Spill from Quarter North Oil Well, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico.
LA, Gulf of Mexico.
1. On January 10, 2022, the USCG Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division (IMD) received notification of a discharge of crude oil and natural gas from a Quarter North well into the Gulf of Mexico. The well and platform were damaged by Hurricane Ida last year. NOAA provided an initial fate & trajectory.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: NATURAL GAS & CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 150 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 28.971N 089.500W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10403: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10403

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  1. La, gulf of mexico this message2022-01-10 → 2022-01-24
  2. Discharge of crude oil from transfer pipeline, southwest pass area, la2022-02-08 → 2022-02-22

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