Spills · oil
Mystery sheen in grande isle 18; grand isle, louisiana
NOAAORR-11124
- issued
- 2026-02-25 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2026-03-11 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2026-03-11 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.168, -89.901
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Sheen in Grande Isle 18; Grand Isle, Louisiana. Grand Isle, LA, USA. 1. On February 24, 2026, NESDIS (the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service of NOAA) identified an anomaly in offshore oil and gas field Garden Isle 18 from imagery collected on February 23. An overflight by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) confirmed the presence of a sheen. The sheen is in the vicinity of abandoned Exxon wells and Cox and W&T pipelines. Investigation into the source is underway. No requests for additional NOAA support at this time. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.168N 089.901W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11124: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11124
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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 · 16 messages since 2026-01-06 · closed 2026-06-25
- Crude oil release at tpic sl 1923 #28 well; pilottown, louisiana2026-01-06 → 2026-01-20
- Oil spill from tpic flow line, southwest pass 24; port eads, louisiana2026-01-16 → 2026-01-30
- Wellhead spill, grand isle 25; grand isle, louisiana2026-02-04 → 2026-02-18
- Flowline discharge, romere pass 23/24; venice, louisiana2026-02-14 → 2026-02-28
- Pilottown, la, USA2026-02-19 → 2026-03-05
- Mystery sheen in grande isle 18; grand isle, louisiana this message2026-02-25 → 2026-03-11
- Release at transfer buoy, grand isle block 59, loop marine terminal; gulf of america2026-02-26 → 2026-03-12
- 5M34+65 pilottown, la, USA2026-03-04 → 2026-03-18
- Venice, la, USA2026-04-15 → 2026-04-29
- Oil spill at tpic main pass 33; gulf, louisiana2026-04-21 → 2026-05-05
- Empire, la, USA2026-04-22 → 2026-05-06
- Oil spill at tpic main pass 65; empire, louisiana2026-04-24 → 2026-05-08
- Spill from tpic pipeline, main pass 69; louisiana2026-05-15 → 2026-05-29
- Oil spill from out-of-service tank at tpic main pass 69 facility; louisiana2026-05-19 → 2026-06-02
- Tpic oil spill, main pass 81; gulf of america2026-06-10 → 2026-06-24
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11 → 2026-06-25
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