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Satellite reports detect mystery sheen in high island area 536, offshore texas

NOAAORR-10632

issued
2023-07-12 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2023-07-26 00:00Z
self-cancels
2023-07-26 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
28.050, -94.438
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Satellite Reports Detect Mystery Sheen in High Island Area 536, offshore Texas.
Offshore Texas.
1. On July 12, 2023, NOAA's SSC in Texas received three Marine Pollution Surveillance Reports (MPSRs) generated by NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. All were referred to the National Response Center. All three reports were high confidence that oil was observed and all were near an offshore oil production platform A third-party overflight report from the same time period reported a 2 mile x 20 ft rainbow sheen of unknown origin in the same area.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 28.050N 094.438W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10632: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10632

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