Spills

Mystery Spill5; upper cook inlet, alaska

NOAAORR-6599

issued
1988-08-05 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1988-08-19 00:00Z
self-cancels
1988-08-19 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
61.083, -150.635
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Mystery Spill5; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. On August 5, 1988, personnel on the Phillips Petroleum gas platform in upper Cook Inlet observed several patches of black oil with sheen. At 1000, a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 overflight confirmed the oil slick and observed a few scattered patches in an area from 10 miles west of Fire Island southwest to Trading Bay. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 61.083N 150.635W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6599: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6599

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