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Marathon oil Company1; upper cook inlet, alaska

NOAAORR-6440

issued
1987-01-19 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1987-02-02 00:00Z
self-cancels
1987-02-02 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
61.009, -150.737
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Marathon Oil Company1; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. At approximately 0930 on January 19, 1987, an open fuel tank valve was discovered on the crane helping to erect the Marathon Oil Company's Steelhead offshore platform in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska. The open valve had allowed 151 barrels of diesel to enter Cook Inlet over an unspecified period, although no oil slicks or sheens were noted on the water in the immediate vicinity of the platform. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6340 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 61.009N 150.737W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6440: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6440

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