Spills · oil
Bolivar peninsula, tx
Sheen At High Island Beach, Bolivar Peninsula, Tx · NOAAORR-10583
- issued
- 2023-03-13 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2023-03-27 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2023-03-27 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.544, -94.403
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Sheen at High Island Beach, Bolivar Peninsula, TX. Bolivar Peninsula, TX. 1. On March 13, 2023, an unknown sheen at High Island Beach was reported to the USCG Marine Safety Unit in Port Arthur. The Incident Management Division (IMD) responded and found a leaking pipe was producing the sheen. The discharge appears to be natural gas condensate from an old well that was partially plugged and abandoned. The discharge continues at the estimated rate of 1 gal/hr, and is partially contained within an old coffer dam. The USCG requested a trajectory and Resources at Risk analysis 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: NATURAL GAS CONDENSATE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.544N 094.403W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10583: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10583
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2023-03-13 · closed 2023-03-29
- Bolivar peninsula, tx this message2023-03-13 → 2023-03-27
- Sunken 60-Foot shrimping vessel, bolivar peninsula, tx2023-03-15 → 2023-03-29
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