Spills · oil
On january 27, 2025, the louisiana dept of wildlife and fisheries (ldwf) reported oiled shoreline, sheen in…
Mystery Sheen and Oiled Shoreline; Bay Long, Louisiana · La, USA · NOAAORR-10906
- issued
- 2025-01-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2025-02-10 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2025-02-10 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.320, -89.811
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Sheen and Oiled Shoreline; Bay Long, Louisiana. LA, USA. 1. On January 27, 2025, the Louisiana Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) reported oiled shoreline, sheen in Bay Long and Lake Grand Ecaille. LDWF also reported dead and oiled birds along the impacted shoreline. Hilcorp is responding to the spill. Hilcorp also reported a 5bbl crude oil spill in the vicinity on Jan 22, 2025. It has not yet been determined if the two incidents are related. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.320N 089.811W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10906: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10906
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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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- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 109.8 nm
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