At 2330 on saturday, may 2, 1998 the D8 ssc was contacted by msu galveston concerning the report of a slick…

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Texas Coast Mystery Slick; Texas Coast.
Texas Coast.
1. At 2330 on Saturday, May 2, 1998 the D8 SSC was contacted by MSU Galveston concerning the report of a slick off the Texas Coast. A ten mile long slick of "thick light brown oil" had been reported in position, lat: 27-40.0 N, long: 93-37.0 W or just south of the East Flower Garden Bank, National Marine Santuary. The report was that four slicks of thick light brown oil extended for a distance of ten miles north of the above position. The northern end of the slick was a "diesel like" sheen. The SSC consulted with Jerry Galt and Glen Watabayashi of NOAA HAZMAT in Seattle and provided the Coast Guard with a verbal trajectory. Seattle HAZMAT used the Texas General Land Office's (TGLO) TABS buoy system current information as well as current and forecasted weather information to evaluate the situation. It was determined that the slick would most likely move to the WNW of the reported position [...]
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 27.667N 093.617W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7293: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7293