Spills · oil
Whitney oil & gas well 259 garden island bay leak; port eads, la, USA
NOAAORR-10541
- issued
- 2022-11-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2022-12-11 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2022-12-11 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.077, -89.166
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Whitney Oil & Gas Well 259 Garden Island Bay Leak; Port Eads, LA, USA. Port Eads, LA, USA. 1. On November 27, 2022, a small amount of crude oil was discharged from Whitney Oil & Gas Well #259 into Garden Island Bay, a part of the Pass A Loutre WMA in Plaquemines Parrish, LA. Whitney responded to the incident with the insertion of a cofferdam around the well to remove the water and find the path of discharge. Whitney reported a 5x1 yd rainbow sheen with patches of dark oil and Brown Pelicans within the area of the well. USCG requested that NOAA provide a Resources at Risk. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.077N 089.166W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10541: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10541
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Timeline · 3 messages since 2022-11-04 · closed 2022-12-11
- 04 nov 2022 a shrimping vessel net became ensnared on an adjacent wellhead2022-11-04 → 2022-11-18
- Allision between tug boat and out-of-service flowline, south pass 24, pilottown, la2022-11-07 → 2022-11-21
- Whitney oil & gas well 259 garden island bay leak; port eads, la, USA this message2022-11-27 → 2022-12-11
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