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High island, tx

Sandpoint Texas Llc Marsh Discharge; High Island, Tx · NOAAORR-10446

issued
2022-04-12 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2022-04-26 00:00Z
self-cancels
2022-04-26 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.557, -94.404
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Sandpoint Texas LLC Marsh Discharge; High Island, TX.
High Island, TX.
1. On April 8, 2022, a well owned by Sandpoint Texas LLC experienced an equipment failure, discharging an estimated 8 gallons of sweet crude into a bermed marsh area near High Island. The discharge was reported by the RP on April 11, 2022, and is at the same site but not the same well as the discharge which occurred on April 1, 2022. On April 12, MSU Port Arthur contacted the Texas SSC to request input on marsh clean-up methods.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1470 GALLONS. TAGS: WELLHEAD.
3. POSITION 29.557N 094.404W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10446: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10446

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Timeline · 6 messages since 2022-03-07 · closed 2022-06-17

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