Spills
Catano, puerto rico
Pr Diesel Spill; Catano, Puerto Rico · NOAAORR-7273
- issued
- 1998-02-23 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1998-03-09 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1998-03-09 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 18.441, -66.121
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
PR Diesel Spill; Catano, Puerto Rico. Catano, Puerto Rico. 1. AN UNDERGROUND PIPELINE AT THE GULF FACILITY IN CATANO, PR IS SPILLING OIL INTO A CREEK THAT EMPTIES INTO SAN JUAN HARBOR. THE LEAK IN THE PIPELINE WAS DETECTED BY FACILITY PERSONNEL AFTER THE T/S DION HAD COMPLETED TRANSFERRING DIESEL TO FACILITY. FACILITY PERSONNEL ESTIMATE THAT APPROX 2000 BBLS OF PRODUCT IS UNACCOUNTED FOR. OIL IS BUBBLING UP THROUGH THE SOIL IN A CREEKBED AND FLOWING INTO THE HARBOR. BOOM IS DEPLOYED ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK AND IS CONTAINING THE MAJORITY OF THE SPILLED OIL. A SECOND LINE OF BOOM IS DEPLOYED AROUND THE TANKSHIP AND THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF SAN JUAN HARBOR. APPROXIMATELY 300 BBLS HAS ESCAPED THE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT AND IS WITHIN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. VAC TRUCKS ARE RECOVERING OIL FROM THE CREEK. THE FACILITY HIRED CROWLEY ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUCHEM TO CLEAN-UP SPILL AND ISOLATE LEAK. USCG district 7. 2. COMMODITY: DIESEL, JET FUEL. 3. POSITION 18.441N 066.121W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7273: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7273
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1998-02-23 · closed 1998-03-09
- Catano, puerto rico1998-02-23 → 1998-03-09
- Catano, puerto rico this message1998-02-23 → 1998-03-09
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