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Crude oil spill into the mississippi river from two damaged storage tanks at bass enterprises

Hurricane Katrina Bass Enterprises; la · La · NOAAORR-6005

issued
2005-09-06 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2005-09-20 00:00Z
self-cancels
2005-09-20 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.463, -89.624
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Hurricane Katrina Bass Enterprises; LA.
LA.
1. Crude oil spill into the Mississippi River from two damaged storage tanks at Bass Enterprises. Location is near mile marker 35 in Plaquemines Parish, LA. Each tank measures 16' high and 290' in diameter. About 88,000 to 90,000 bbl have been released, with 10,000 bbl remaining in the tanks. A large amount of oil is contained in the berm, but a significant amount of oil was lost to both the river and adjacent marsh. Much of the oil ended up on the downriver side of the facility. Cleanup in these areas was intense and in-situ burninig took place. Stage 1 cleanup efforts were finished by 20DEC05. All zones were in Stage 3 on 09FEB06.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: HEAVY LOUISIANA SWEET CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3700000 GALLONS. TAGS: HURRICANE.
3. POSITION 29.463N 089.624W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6005: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6005

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