Spills · oil
Mud lake, la
Discharge of Crude Oil At Liquid Oxygen Plant, Mud Lake, la · NOAAORR-10415
- issued
- 2022-02-08 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2022-02-22 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-22 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.484, -89.994
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Discharge of Crude Oil at Liquid Oxygen Plant, Mud Lake, LA. Mud Lake, LA. 1. On 8 FEB 2022, the NOAA SSC was contacted by the USCG Sector New Orleans regarding a discharge of crude oil from a 400 barrel tank in the vicinity of Mud Lake that occurred on 4 FEB 2022. The total discharge amount was estimated to be between 5bbls and 10 bbls with 3-5 bbls outside of containment in the waterway and marsh. An overflight on February 8 showed an area of dark oil around the facility and partial loss of containment with one streamer of dark oil outside of containment. The USCG requested a trajectory for oil discharged outside of containment and resources at risk. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 420 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.484N 089.994W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10415: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10415
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