Spills · oil

Port o'connor, tx, USA

Suspected Discharges Occurring In Espiritu Santo Bay, Tx · NOAAORR-10510

issued
2022-08-11 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2022-08-25 00:00Z
self-cancels
2022-08-25 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
28.362, -96.483
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Suspected Discharges Occurring in Espiritu Santo Bay, TX.
Port O'Connor, TX, USA.
1. On August 11, 2022, the USCG Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) in Victoria, Texas, contacted NOAA SSC to request satellite imagery support for suspected discharges occurring in Espiritu Santo Bay, Texas in the time periods between July 29 and August 2 and 1 August and 5 August 2022. NOAA SSC relayed the request to the NOAA Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB). SAB identified an anomaly and produced a Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (MPSR) on August 16, 2022 and the NOAA SSC provided the MPSR to MSD Victoria.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL.
3. POSITION 28.362N 096.483W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10510: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10510

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