Spills · grounding
Sabine lake, tx
Oleum Barge Grounding; Sabine Lake, Tx · NOAAORR-1178
- issued
- 2004-05-26 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2004-06-09 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2004-06-09 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.958, -93.858
- vessels
- BARGE GROUNDING · 19 messagesBARGE WOULD CONTINUE
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Oleum Barge Grounding; Sabine Lake, TX. Sabine Lake, TX. 1. A double hull barge carrying 7,200 barrels of 30% concentration of sulfuric acid oleum grounded at 29 deg 57.5'N, 93 deg 51.5'W (200 yards north of buoy 64, west side of the channel Sabine Lake). The barge was refloated during the night of May 26. The barge was transferred to the Bean Fleet pier to allow inspectors to check the condition of the barge and cargo. On May 27, there were no problems noted and it was expected that the barge would continue on its voyage. 2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: SULFURIC ACID OLEUM. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 302000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 29.958N 093.858W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1178: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1178
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