Timbalier bay, la

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Greenhill Petroleum Corporation Well Blowout; Timbalier Bay, LA.
Timbalier Bay, LA.
1. The rig caught on fire at approximately 1200 CST. The fire initially was burning oil and gas, but the oil fire went out after a short time. Although the fire appears not to be damaging the rig, one person was injured due to burns. Debra Simecek-Beaty, NOAA, overflew over the spill area (H-65) from 1220 to 1320. On scene winds were about 15 knots from the NE. The rig was on fire and a slick extended from the rig to the western end of East Timbalier Island. The slick contained mostly silver and rainbow sheen with a narrow band of dark colored streamers. Burn residue was also observed in the slick. Shoreline impacts on East Timbalier Island extended from the western tip and along the northern shore to the radio tower. No impacts were observed east of the radio tower. Two subsequent overflights mapped the shoreline features in greater detail since there had been more than a dozen breaks in [...]
2. COMMODITY: SOUTH LOUISIANA CRUDE.
3. POSITION 29.083N 090.300W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6902: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6902