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Mississippi river delta

Bp Pipeline Spill; Mississippi River Delta · NOAAORR-7342

issued
1998-10-01 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1998-10-15 00:00Z
self-cancels
1998-10-15 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
28.850, -88.917
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

BP Pipeline Spill; Mississippi River Delta.
Mississippi River Delta.
1. At 1200 CDT, 1 Oct. 1998, the NOAA D8 SSC (Henry) was notified of a pipeline spill which originated near the Mississippi River delta between lat. 28?-51.5'N, long. 88?-55.5'W and lat. 28?-51.2'N, long. 89?-02.5'W during the night of 30 Sept. The spilled oil was characterized as a light crude. The initial volume spilled was estimated at 850 bbl. Since the initial notification, the RP has increased this value by a factor of ten, 8500 bbl may have been lost. Dispersants were applied to a 4 mile long slick in the preapproval zone. Visual observations suggest the application was successful and dispersion was observed. A total of 3000 gallons were applied. A request to continue dispersant application, pending the results of the morning overflights, is expected. Jerry Galt is scheduled to accompany the morning SLAR flight from Corpus Christi, TX and brief MSO Morgan City. The SSC arrived [...]
2. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 357000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 28.850N 088.917W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7342: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7342

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  1. At 2145 cst, 17SEPT98 a vessel allided with a drilling rig at main pass block 155 in position, latitude 29…1998-09-17 → 1998-10-01
  2. During a routine pipeline transfer operation from british petroleum (bp) mississippi canyon 109A, a spill of…1998-09-30 → 1998-10-14
  3. Mississippi river delta this message1998-10-01 → 1998-10-15

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