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Cook inlet, alaska

Steelhead Platform Blowout; Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-6538

issued
1987-12-21 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1988-01-04 00:00Z
self-cancels
1988-01-04 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.089, -152.099
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Steelhead Platform Blowout; Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. RCVD REPORT VIA LANDLINE THAT THE STEELHEAD PLATFORM HAD SUFFERED A BLOWOUT AND THAT THE CREW WAS PREPARING TO EVACUATE. AIR STATION KODIAK LAUNCHED A C-130 A/C AND A H-3 HELO AND THE CGC SEDGE GOT UNDERWAY TO SCENE. THE BLOWOUT DID NOT REPORTEDLY RELEASE ANY OIL OR LIGUID PETROLEUM INTO COOK INLET, AND WAS VENTING GAS ONLY. MOMENTS AFTER A PROGRESSIVE EVACUATION OF THE PLATFORM WAS COMPLETED, THE PLATFORM ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. ALL PERSONNEL ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AND REPORTED UNINJURED. THE RIG CONTINUES TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL. CGC SEDGE CONTINUES ENROUTE AND THE H-3 HELO IS STAGED AT KENAI FOR MSO ANCHORAGE SUPPORT USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: OIL WELL FIRE.
3. POSITION 60.089N 152.099W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6538: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6538

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