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Off grand isle, louisiana

Shell Offshore Oil Production; Off Grand Isle, Louisiana · NOAAORR-6697

issued: 1989-06-06 00:00Z
status: cancelled 1989-06-20 00:00Z
self-cancels: 1989-06-20 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.230, -89.968
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Shell Offshore Oil Production; Off Grand Isle, Louisiana.
Off Grand Isle, Louisiana.
1. At 1130 on June 6, 1989, 63,000 pounds of concentrated zinc bromide solution spilled into the Gulf of Mexico when a transfer hose separated during a Shell Offshore Oil Production vessel-to-vessel ballasting and lightering operation about 55 nautical miles south southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana. USCG district 8.
2. COMMODITY: CONCENTRATED ZINC BROMIDE SOLUTION. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 63000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 29.230N 089.968W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6697: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6697

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Off grand isle, louisiana this message1989-06-06 → 1989-06-20
Noaa/oma was notified of the incident at 0805 on july 3, 1989 by mso new orleans, and requested to review…1989-07-03 → 1989-07-17

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