Spills

Unocal platform anna; granite point oil field in upper cook inlet, alaska

NOAAORR-7064

issued
1994-11-18 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1994-12-02 00:00Z
self-cancels
1994-12-02 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.973, -151.308
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

UNOCAL Platform Anna; Granite Point oil field in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Granite Point oil field in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. While conducting drilling operations, UNOCAL platform Anna pumped drill mud through an open valve into a skim tank. The tank overflowed onto the deck and into the platform deck drains, filling the deck drain tank with mud, displacing the water and oil. Approximately 125 barrels of mud were pumped into the half-full tank and about 60 barrels of a water and mud mixture, containing an estimated 15 barrels of crude oil, spilled into Cook Inlet. Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc. (CISPRI) deployed its offshore recovery vessel, the Banda Seahorse, to the area. Cleanup and oil sightings were hampered by darkness; the release into Cook Inlet occurred at about midnight. An overflight at mid-morning sighted an intermittent dissipating silvery sheen approximately 4 miles long by 20 yards wide. UNOCAL activated an ICS at the CISPRI command center in Nikiski. The oil naturally dispersed [...]
2. COMMODITY: GRANITE POINT CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 630 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 60.973N 151.308W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7064: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7064

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