Spills · oil
Offshore pass a loutre, la
Mystery Spill; Offshore Pass A Loutre, la · NOAAORR-6127
- issued
- 2006-10-03 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2006-10-17 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2006-10-17 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.288, -88.920
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Spill; Offshore Pass A Loutre, LA. Offshore Pass A Loutre, LA. 1. A mystery slick was reported to the USCG at 0815CDT 3 Oct. 2006. It was described as brown oil, 2nmi long by 100 yds wide, offshore Pass A Loutre, Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: "BROWN OIL". 3. POSITION 29.288N 088.920W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6127: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6127
This area · spills & pollution incidents
998 within 180 nm since 1970 · 34 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 · 4 messages since 2006-07-26 · closed 2006-10-17
- Se brenton island, la2006-07-26 → 2006-08-09
- Chevron platform; main pass 77, la2006-08-01 → 2006-08-15
- Osv deep stim 3; offshore south pass, la2006-09-11 → 2006-09-25
- Offshore pass a loutre, la this message2006-10-03 → 2006-10-17
joined by proximity
Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisianaSpills · 22.8 nm
- Uscg remote communication facility new orleans 29-53.00N 089-57.00W mf and hf dsc off airNav aids · 64.6 nm
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 76.5 nm
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