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On december 23, 2022, the uscg received notification of an approximate 30bbl spill of crude oil from a wcc…
Tank Battery Spill, Port Sulphur, la · La, USA · NOAAORR-10549
- issued
- 2022-12-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2023-01-10 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2023-01-10 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.481, -89.700
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Tank Battery Spill, Port Sulphur, LA. LA, USA. 1. On December 23, 2022, the USCG received notification of an approximate 30bbl spill of crude oil from a WCC Energy tank battery in Port Sulphur, LA. Approximately 2 miles of an adjacent canal have been significantly impacted. On December 27, the USCG notified NOAA and later requested NOAA on-scene support. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1260 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.481N 089.700W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10549: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10549
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Timeline · 3 messages since 2022-12-27 · closed 2023-02-05
- On december 23, 2022, the uscg received notification of an approximate 30bbl spill of crude oil from a wcc… this message2022-12-27 → 2023-01-10
- Sunken dredge barge, mm 85 of the mississippi river2023-01-16 → 2023-01-30
- Port sulphur, la2023-01-22 → 2023-02-05
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