Spills · oil

Port fourchon, la, USA

Oil Spill In Timbalier Bay; Port Fourchon, Louisiana · NOAAORR-11054

issued
2025-08-20 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2025-09-03 00:00Z
self-cancels
2025-09-03 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.083, -90.318
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Oil Spill in Timbalier Bay; Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
Port Fourchon, LA, USA.
1. On August 18, 2025 the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) received National Response Center Report #1440248 regarding a discharge of approximately 10 barrels of a crude oil/produced water mixture from a 12-inch bulk line operated by Extex Operating Company in Timbalier Bay, Louisiana. Point source is a valve on the bulk line manifold. Release has been secured. A secondary, unconfirmed discharge point may exist on the subsea portion of the line, buried approximately 10 feet below the seabed. The responsible party hired American Environmental & Industrial Services to conduct cleanup. Oiled birds have been reported. USCG is not standing up a command center at this time. NOAA providing remote support.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 29.083N 090.318W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11054: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11054

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