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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Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
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