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On july 17, 2024, nesdis issued a marine pollution surveillance report (mpsr), for an anomaly offshore…
Platform Sheen; Offshore Bolivar Peninsula, Tx · Texas · NOAAORR-10816
- issued
- 2024-07-17 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-07-31 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-07-31 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.382, -94.484
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Platform Sheen; offshore Bolivar Peninsula, TX. Texas. 1. On July 17, 2024, NESDIS issued a Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (MPSR), for an anomaly offshore Bolivar Peninsula. The location of the anomaly approximately corresponds with two earlier National Response Center reports (#1404970, 1404788), which also reported sheens in that general location. Source may be an unmanned platform in State waters. Potential source location is under evaluation by Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC). 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.382N 094.484W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10816: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10816
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