Spills · pipeline
Port sulfur, la
Lake Washington Pipeline Spill; Port Sulfur, la · NOAAORR-1046
- issued
- 2003-03-02 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2003-03-16 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2003-03-16 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.403, -89.797
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Lake Washington Pipeline Spill; Port Sulfur, LA. Port Sulfur, LA. 1. Pipeline failure, booms deployed to contain oil and minimize coastal impact. 52bbls recovered that day, there was wildlife and environmental impacts. Pipeline was repaired and clean up, oil recovery and wildlife and environmental restoration intiated and completed. April 22 2003, and overflight determined few patches of sheens and will be left to biodegrade naturally. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 33600 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE. 3. POSITION 29.403N 089.797W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1046: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1046
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
- Tpic oil spill, main pass 81; gulf of america2026-06-10
- Oil spill from out-of-service tank at tpic main pass 69 facility; louisiana2026-05-19
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2003-02-19 · closed 2003-03-16
- Mississippi river, la2003-02-19 → 2003-03-05
- Port sulfur, la this message2003-03-02 → 2003-03-16
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Uscg remote communication facility new orleans 29-53.00N 089-57.00W mf and hf dsc off airNav aids · 29.9 nm
- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisianaSpills · 33.2 nm
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 106.5 nm
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