Spills · oil
South lake hatch oil spill from whitney oil & gas platform; houma, la
NOAAORR-10903
- issued
- 2025-01-26 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2025-02-09 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2025-02-09 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.520, -90.874
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
South Lake Hatch Oil Spill from Whitney Oil & Gas platform; Houma, LA. Houma, LA, USA. 1. On January 26, 2025, a gasket failure on a Whitney Oil and Gas platform resulted in a release of 3-4 bbl produced water and crude oil onto water. The Incident location is approximately 2 miles west of Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge but the refuge is not expected to be impacted. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 168 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.520N 090.874W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10903: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10903
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2025-01-26 · closed 2025-03-22
- South lake hatch oil spill from whitney oil & gas platform; houma, la this message2025-01-26 → 2025-02-09
- Leak in underwater transfer line, whitney gas lake hatch main facility; houma, louisiana2025-03-08 → 2025-03-22
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