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Grand chenier, louisiana

Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge; Grand Chenier, Louisiana · NOAAORR-7089

issued
1995-03-13 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1995-03-27 00:00Z
self-cancels
1995-03-27 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.533, -92.083
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge; Grand Chenier, Louisiana.
Grand Chenier, Louisiana.
1. At 1830 on March 13, 1995, the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, six miles east-southeast of Grand Chenier, Louisiana, was notified of a possible leak at the Price Lake Unit. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Mobil pipeline personnel surveyed the area and identified the leak on March 14. The pipeline was shut down at that time and the pipeline finished bleeding down on March 17. Approximately 40 barrels of residual condensate oil contaminated approximately 55 acres of difficult-access marsh lands. An in-situ marsh burn was initiated on March 17 to remove the condensate on the marsh and facilitate repair of the pipeline. USCG district 8. Keyword: containment boom, in-situ burning, PM-10 monitoring.
2. COMMODITY: NATURAL GAS AND CONDENSATE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1680 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 29.533N 092.083W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7089: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7089

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