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Loss of Pressure In Crescent Mainstream Pipeline, Gulf of Mexico · NOAAORR-10580

issued: 2023-03-10 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2023-03-24 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2023-03-24 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.191, -89.091
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Loss of Pressure in Crescent Mainstream Pipeline, Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
1. On March 10, 2023, the USCG received notification that a 16-inch and 20-mile-long section of the Crescent Mainstream pipeline lost pressure. The line was shut in and an overflight observed a possible 1 mile by 300ft slick in the vicinity of the pipeline. The USCG requested fate and trajectory.
2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: PIPELINE.
3. POSITION 29.191N 089.091W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10580: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10580

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