Spills · wellhead
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
- On march 7, 2022, the uscg marine safety unit (msu) texas city contacted the noaa ssc regarding the…2022-03-07 → 2022-03-21
- Oil well discharge into marsh, high island, bolivar peninsula, tx2022-04-06 → 2022-04-20
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- Galveston bay, tx2022-05-03 → 2022-05-17
- Fishing vessel sinks in vicinity of dickinson bay, texas city, tx2022-05-06 → 2022-05-20
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