Spills · oil
Port eads, la, USA
Oil Discharge Into Joseph Bayou; Port Eads, la · NOAAORR-10829
- issued
- 2024-08-02 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-08-16 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-08-16 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.057, -89.303
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Oil Discharge into Joseph Bayou; Port Eads, LA. Port Eads, LA, USA. 1. On 8/2/24, USCG (SEC NOLA) contacted the SSC regarding a reported spill of crude oil into Joseph Bayou near Cockler Bay in vicinity of SW Pass MS River, LA. The report indicated approx. 10 bbls of crude oil believed to have leaked from the nearby inactive production facility operated by Whitney Oil & Gas. The USCG has requested NOAA assessment of environmental sensitivity/ resources at risk and recommendations to mitigate risk. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 420 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.057N 089.303W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10829: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10829
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
- Tpic oil spill, main pass 81; gulf of america2026-06-10
- Oil spill from out-of-service tank at tpic main pass 69 facility; louisiana2026-05-19
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Timeline · 4 messages since 2024-06-26 · closed 2024-08-19
- Mystery sheen, main pass 80; off coast of louisiana2024-06-26 → 2024-07-10
- Gulf of mexico2024-07-27 → 2024-08-10
- Port eads, la, USA this message2024-08-02 → 2024-08-16
- Satellite image anomaly (potential spill) east of the delta wildlife refuge; southeast la2024-08-05 → 2024-08-19
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