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Bahia las minas, panama
Texaco Storage Tank; Bahia Las Minas, Panama · NOAAORR-6358
- issued
- 1986-04-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1986-05-11 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1986-05-11 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 9.667, -79.083
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Texaco Storage Tank; Bahia Las Minas, Panama. Bahia Las Minas, Panama. 1. On April 27, 1986, a Texaco storage tank at a refinery near Isla Payardi, Panama, ruptured, releasing approximately 240,000 barrels of medium-weight crude oil. Some of the oil was contained within dikes at the facility. Approximately 140,000 barrels of oil flooded through a dike and overflowed separators and a retaining lagoon and flowed into Bahia Cativa. Refinery personnel reported that a total of 60,000 barrels of oil were recovered. It is not known how much of this recovered oil was from the sea. Keyword: Skimmer, vacuum truck, Corexit 9527, pressure washing, reoiling, manual removal.. 2. COMMODITY: VENEZUELAN CRUDE, MEXICAN ISTHMANIAN CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5880000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 9.667N 079.083W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6358: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6358
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missingNav aids · 46.4 nm
- Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missingNav aids · 50.9 nm
- Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missingNav aids · 51 nm
- Manzanillo entrance west head light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W damagedNav aids · 51.2 nm
- Manzanillo entrance light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W temporarily changed to whiteNav aids · 51.2 nm
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