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Bayou cassotte, pascagoula, mississippi
Chevron Oil; Bayou Cassotte, Pascagoula, Mississippi · NOAAORR-6727
- issued
- 1989-09-18 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1989-10-02 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1989-10-02 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 30.355, -88.465
- vessel
- DREDGE SOON
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Chevron Oil; Bayou Cassotte, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Bayou Cassotte, Pascagoula, Mississippi. 1. At 0828 on September 18, 1989, the DAVE BLACKBURN was dredging Bayou Cassotte about 2-1/2 nautical miles east-southeast of of Pascagoula, Mississippi. One of the dredge's 30 inch-diameter, pointed spuds penetrated a 90-mile long, 20-inch Chevron Oil pipeline, reportedly buried 20 feet beneath the bottom of the ship channel. The pipeline contained 5,000 barrels of Basrah Light crude; the dredge soon observed heavy, dark oil rising about her stern. USCG district 8. 2. COMMODITY: BASRAH LIGHT CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 12600 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 30.355N 088.465W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6727: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6727
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