Spills · oil
Port sulphur, la
Oil Discharge From Platform In Lake Washington, Port Sulphur, la · NOAAORR-10561
- issued
- 2023-01-22 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2023-02-05 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2023-02-05 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.396, -89.781
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Oil Discharge from Platform in Lake Washington, Port Sulphur, LA. Port Sulphur, LA. 1. On January 22, 2023, the USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA Regional Response Officer (RRO) of oil discharge from the Lake Washington Central Facility, a platform owned/operated by Hilcorp Energy, in Lake Washington / Lake Grande Ecaille, LA. USCG Sector New Orleans IMD personnel conducted a site visit to the platform and requested a trajectory and fate analysis and RAR. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 42 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.396N 089.781W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10561: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10561
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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…2022-12-27 → 2023-01-10
- Sunken dredge barge, mm 85 of the mississippi river2023-01-16 → 2023-01-30
- Port sulphur, la this message2023-01-22 → 2023-02-05
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