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Satellite imagery documents sheen; tpic main pass 81 b, south platform, louisiana

NOAAORR-10958

issued
2025-04-14 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2025-04-28 00:00Z
self-cancels
2025-04-28 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.241, -89.076
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Satellite Imagery Documents Sheen; TPIC Main Pass 81 B, South Platform, Louisiana.
LA.
1. On April 14, 2025, a NESDIS Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (MPSR) documented sheen adjacent to Texas Petroleum Investment Company (TPIC) Main Pass 81 B South Platform. Southern SeaPlane conducted an overflight at 2pm in this immediate area and reported sheen and provided low resolution photographs to TPIC. On April 15, USCG contacted TPIC after review of the MPSR. TPIC provided 2 of the low resolution photographs and reported that no sheen was present at the platform. USCG and NOAA SSC will continue to monitor reports in this area. **This report is not related to the TPIC Main Pass 81 Wellhead #36 Oil Spill report from last week.**
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 29.241N 089.076W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10958: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10958

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Timeline · 20 messages since 2025-03-29 · closed 2025-11-28

  1. Mystery sheen, main pass 24; gulf of america2025-03-29 → 2025-04-12
  2. Tpic facility condensate and oil release; southwest pass and cockler bay, louisiana2025-04-01 → 2025-04-15
  3. Leak in flowline detected by satellite imagery; triumph, louisiana2025-04-09 → 2025-04-23
  4. Satellite imagery identifies potential oil spill; tpic wellhead, main pass jk north, louisiana2025-04-11 → 2025-04-25
  5. Satellite imagery identifies potential oil spill; main pass 81, wellhead 36, louisiana2025-04-11 → 2025-04-25
  6. Satellite imagery documents sheen; tpic main pass 81 b, south platform, louisiana this message2025-04-14 → 2025-04-28
  7. Oil spill at apache corporation west delta platform; se of grand isle, louisiana2025-04-21 → 2025-05-05
  8. Well #59 incident: well blowout, garden island bay; port eads, louisiana2025-04-26 → 2025-05-10
  9. Venice, la, USA2025-05-20 → 2025-06-03
  10. Overflow of tpic tank at romere pass facility; boothville-venice, louisiana2025-05-23 → 2025-06-06
  11. Oil spill from platform in eloi bay; offshore louisiana, gulf of america2025-05-29 → 2025-06-12
  12. Mystery oil slick in breton sound block 51; gulf of america2025-06-09 → 2025-06-23
  13. Oil spill into delta national wildlife refuge; pilottown, louisiana2025-07-11 → 2025-07-25
  14. Port sulphur, la, USA2025-07-17 → 2025-07-31
  15. Venice, la, USA2025-07-22 → 2025-08-05
  16. Discharge from abandoned wellhead, south pass 28; port eads, louisiana2025-08-18 → 2025-09-01
  17. Multiple mpsrs (marine pollution surveillance reports) from the national environmental satellite, data, and…2025-09-22 → 2025-10-06
  18. Fire and oil spill on commercial fishing vessel; breton sound, louisiana2025-10-03 → 2025-10-17
  19. Flowline leak and in situ burn; south pass 24, louisiana2025-11-11 → 2025-11-25
  20. On november 14, 2025, the U.S2025-11-14 → 2025-11-28

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