Spills · oil
Pilottown, la, USA
Delta Duck Octave Pass Mystery Sheen; Pilottown, La, USA · NOAAORR-10893
- issued
- 2024-12-08 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-12-22 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-12-22 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.247, -89.199
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Delta Duck Octave Pass Mystery Sheen; Pilottown, LA, USA. Pilottown, LA, USA. 1. On December 8, 2024, the USFW notified the NOAA SSC of a mystery sheen in Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The Texas Petroleum Investment Company (TPIC) tested their infrastructure in the area and reported no potential sources. NOAA provided a hindcast. No source was identified. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: MYSTERY OIL. 3. POSITION 29.247N 089.199W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10893: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10893
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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, USA this message2024-12-08 → 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, la2024-12-17 → 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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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisianaSpills · 11.1 nm
- Uscg remote communication facility new orleans 29-53.00N 089-57.00W mf and hf dsc off airNav aids · 54.8 nm
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 87.8 nm
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