Spills · wellhead
Port sulphur, la, USA
Oil Spill In Bay Lanaux; Port Sulphur, Louisiana · NOAAORR-11035
- issued
- 2025-07-17 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2025-07-31 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2025-07-31 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.474, -89.705
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Oil Spill in Bay Lanaux; Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Port Sulphur, LA, USA. 1. On July 4, 2025, a kayaker in Bay Lanaux, Louisiana, reported to Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's office an oil spill from the “Christmas tree” section of a production wellhead of Well Construction and Completions (WCC). The discharge created a half-mile long sheen in the Bay Lanaux marshland. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) became involved on July 17. More than 1 barrel of oil impacting water and vegetation was evident in the immediate vicinity of the well. The USCG requested NOAA presence at a July 19 on-site visit that included representatives from USCG, NOAA, WCC, the oil spill response organization, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The team observed no active discharge from the well, conducted a survey of the impacts to surrounding marsh, and made recommendations for future action. 2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: WELLHEAD. 3. POSITION 29.474N 089.705W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11035: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11035
This area · spills & pollution incidents
1031 within 180 nm since 1970 · 35 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now
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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 · 20 messages since 2025-03-29 · closed 2025-11-28
- Mystery sheen, main pass 24; gulf of america2025-03-29 → 2025-04-12
- Tpic facility condensate and oil release; southwest pass and cockler bay, louisiana2025-04-01 → 2025-04-15
- Leak in flowline detected by satellite imagery; triumph, louisiana2025-04-09 → 2025-04-23
- Satellite imagery identifies potential oil spill; tpic wellhead, main pass jk north, louisiana2025-04-11 → 2025-04-25
- Satellite imagery identifies potential oil spill; main pass 81, wellhead 36, louisiana2025-04-11 → 2025-04-25
- Satellite imagery documents sheen; tpic main pass 81 b, south platform, louisiana2025-04-14 → 2025-04-28
- Oil spill at apache corporation west delta platform; se of grand isle, louisiana2025-04-21 → 2025-05-05
- Well #59 incident: well blowout, garden island bay; port eads, louisiana2025-04-26 → 2025-05-10
- Venice, la, USA2025-05-20 → 2025-06-03
- Overflow of tpic tank at romere pass facility; boothville-venice, louisiana2025-05-23 → 2025-06-06
- Oil spill from platform in eloi bay; offshore louisiana, gulf of america2025-05-29 → 2025-06-12
- Mystery oil slick in breton sound block 51; gulf of america2025-06-09 → 2025-06-23
- Oil spill into delta national wildlife refuge; pilottown, louisiana2025-07-11 → 2025-07-25
- Port sulphur, la, USA this message2025-07-17 → 2025-07-31
- Venice, la, USA2025-07-22 → 2025-08-05
- Discharge from abandoned wellhead, south pass 28; port eads, louisiana2025-08-18 → 2025-09-01
- Multiple mpsrs (marine pollution surveillance reports) from the national environmental satellite, data, and…2025-09-22 → 2025-10-06
- Fire and oil spill on commercial fishing vessel; breton sound, louisiana2025-10-03 → 2025-10-17
- Flowline leak and in situ burn; south pass 24, louisiana2025-11-11 → 2025-11-25
- On november 14, 2025, the U.S2025-11-14 → 2025-11-28
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