Spills · oil
Mystery sheen in main pass 69; main pass, la
NOAAORR-10890
- issued
- 2024-12-17 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-12-31 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-12-31 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.248, -89.119
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Sheen in Main Pass 69; Main Pass, LA. Main Pass, LA. 1. On December 17, 2024, the USCG received reports of a mystery sheen in Main Pass 69, Louisiana. Sheen appeared to originate from an abandoned TPIC platform. The source of the sheen was not confirmed. NOAA was asked to evaluate photos. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.248N 089.119W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10890: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10890
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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 · 7 messages since 2024-12-08 · closed 2025-02-23
- Pilottown, la, USA2024-12-08 → 2024-12-22
- Delta national wildlife refuge / octave pass mystery sheen; pilottown, la2024-12-08 → 2024-12-22
- Mystery sheen; main pass 81, louisiana2024-12-10 → 2024-12-24
- Mystery sheens main pass 81; gulf of mexico2024-12-10 → 2024-12-24
- Mystery sheen in main pass 69; main pass, la this message2024-12-17 → 2024-12-31
- Tpic well #58 main pass oil spill; main pass 802025-01-27 → 2025-02-10
- Gulf of america2025-02-09 → 2025-02-23
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