Spills

Mso new orleans received a report of an oil spill in ramah, louisiana at a facility owned by bridas energy…

Pipeline Break; Ramah, Louisiana · Ramah, Louisiana · NOAAORR-7423

issued
1999-07-30 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1999-08-13 00:00Z
self-cancels
1999-08-13 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
30.402, -91.505
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Pipeline Break; Ramah, Louisiana.
Ramah, Louisiana.
1. MSO New Orleans received a report of an oil spill in Ramah, Louisiana at a facility owned by Bridas Energy of Houston, Texas. The spill site was located approximately 5 miles south of Interstate 10 on the east side of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway Levee. A 3-inch transfer line carrying crude oil and production water cracked and spilled an estimated 100 barrels of crude oil onto the facility. Once the leak was discovered, the line was shut in and a small dam was constructed to contain the oil in the drainage ditch. An undetermined amount of oil entered Bayou Henry through this ditch. Fortunately, there was little or no current in the bayou and the oil was contained between two sets of booms. Response personnel were dispatched from MSD Baton Rouge to act as FOSC. The owner of the facility hired Cenac Environmental to clean up the spilled oil. Herding the oil with water hoses into boom [...]
2. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 4200 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 30.402N 091.505W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7423: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7423

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