Spills · oil

Point comfort, tx, USA

Hydraulic Leak At Formosa Plastics Facility; Point Comfort, Tx · NOAAORR-10876

issued
2024-11-26 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2024-12-10 00:00Z
self-cancels
2024-12-10 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
28.680, -96.561
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Hydraulic Leak at Formosa Plastics Facility; Point Comfort, TX.
Point Comfort, TX, USA.
1. On 26-NOV-24, USCG MSU Victoria contacted NOAA Region 6 aSSC to receive cleanup recommendations for a hydraulic leak that occurred at the Formosa Plastics Corporation Facility in Point Comfort, TX. The leak occurred on a hydraulic line of a crane at the facility, which sprayed and left an impacted area of about 25ft x 20ft on the hull of a foreign vessel that was moored at the facility. The facility has picked up responsibility for cleaning the product off of the vessel and contacted USCG for the appropriate process for cleaning the vessel. USCG contacted NOAA to inquire about the use of surface washing agents.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 28.680N 096.561W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10876: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10876

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