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Cook inlet, alaska

Graying Platform Blowout; Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-6281

issued
1985-05-23 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1985-06-06 00:00Z
self-cancels
1985-06-06 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.833, -151.600
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Graying Platform Blowout; Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. HAZMAT, SEATTLE, WAS NOTIFIED AT 11:45 PDT, 5/23/85, OF A BLOW-OUT IN COOK INLET AT UNION OIL'S PLATFORM 'GRAYLING'. POSITION: 60 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 20 SECONDS NORTH LATITUDE 151 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST LONGITUDE AT THE PRESENT TIME, NATURAL GAS <<ONLY>> IS LEAKING FROM THE BLOW-OUT SITE. A COMBINATION OF THE NATURAL GAS AND MUD IS PROJECTING 300 FEET HIGH- NO VISIBLE SHEEN IS REPORTED. BLOW-OUT PREVENTORS AND CASINGS HAVE FAILED. THE NATURAL GAS IS LEAKING THROUGH ONE OF THE PLATFORM'S STRUCTURAL SUPPORT LEGS, CAUSING SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE. THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTION FOR STOPPING THE BLOW-OUT, HOWEVER, A RELIEF WELL IS BEING PROPOSED. THE PLATFORM HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES OR LOSS OF LIFE. THE COAST GUARD HAS REQUESTED HAZMAT SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF: TRAJECTORIES RESOURCES AT RISK DISPERSANT RECOMMENDATIONS THE SPILL [...]
2. COMMODITY: NATURAL GAS.
3. POSITION 60.833N 151.600W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6281: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6281

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  1. Trading bay, cook inlet, ak1985-05-23 → 1985-06-06
  2. Cook inlet, alaska this message1985-05-23 → 1985-06-06

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