Spills
Buffalo 292; galveston, texas
NOAAORR-7136
- issued
- 1996-03-18 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1996-04-01 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1996-04-01 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.367, -94.800
- vessel
- BARGE BUFFALO 292 SUFFERED A MAJOR
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Buffalo 292; Galveston, Texas. Galveston, Texas. 1. The barge Buffalo 292 suffered a major structural failure in the early afternoon of March 18, 1996, and discharged approximately 5,000 barrels of IFO 380 approximately one mile north of Pelican Island. Weather on-scene was windy with gusts to 60 knots. Evening northwest winds blew a majority of the product into the Gulf of Mexico. USCG district 8. Keyword: containment boom, Corexit 9500, Corexit 9527, skimmers, IR, sorbent boom, sorbent pompoms, vacuum trucks. 2. COMMODITY: IFO 380. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 210000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.367N 094.800W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7136: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7136
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