Conoco pipeline #2; grand isle block 43, la

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CONOCO Pipeline #2; Grand Isle Block 43, LA.
Grand Isle Block 43, LA.
1. At 1142 January 6, 1992, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Office (MSO) Morgan City, Louisiana received a report from the National Response Center (NRC) that a 12- by 1-mile slick of unknown origin had been reported by the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port Facility (LOOP) Inc. helicopter in position 28?59'N, 089?52'W, Grand Isle Block 43. By 1400, Air Station New Orleans reported that a USCG helicopter had sighted a slick in the same area estimated to be 10 by 2.5 nautical miles (nm) that had broken up into patches with surrounding rainbow sheen for another 10 nm. The USCG were told by CONOCO that the leak had been reported to the Mineral Management Service and that a report of a pipeline leak had been made to the NRC on January 4. At that time the leak was reported as having released 4.1 gallons with a slick size of one by seven nm with color barely visible. CONOCO's highest estimate, [...]
2. COMMODITY: SOUTH LOUISIANA CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6300 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 28.992N 089.885W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6861: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6861