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Horsepen bayou crude oil and produced water discharge; houston, tx

NOAAORR-10760

issued: 2024-03-25 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2024-04-08 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2024-04-08 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.578, -95.164
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Horsepen Bayou Crude Oil and Produced Water Discharge; Houston, TX.
Houston, TX,.
1. On March 25, 2024, the secondary containment at a tank battery owned by Denbury Resources discharged an estimated 3-5 bbls of crude oil and produced water mix into a drainage ditch leading to Horsepen Bayou, located in Harris County, TX . Sector Houston-Galveston responded as first Federal on-scene, EPA is arriving this evening to assume FOSC. OSRO is on-site and has deployed boom, vac trucks, and skimmers. The discharge is contained. Wildlife agencies (TPWD and USFWS) have been notified.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL AND PRODUCED WATER.
3. POSITION 29.578N 095.164W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10760: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10760

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