Spills
Delaware city, de
Vacuum Gas Oil; Delaware City, de · NOAAORR-7445
- issued
- 1999-10-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1999-11-10 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1999-11-10 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 39.567, -75.600
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Vacuum Gas Oil; Delaware City, DE. Delaware City, DE. 1. On 27 October 1999, an estimated 100 bbls of vacuum gas oil with a specific gravity of 0.89 was spilled from the Bouchard Barge at the Motiva Facility in Delaware City, DE. The approximate location of the facility is 39 deg 34 min N, 075 deg 36 min W. An overflight has gone up, but no results are known yet. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: VACUUM GAS OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 4200 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 39.567N 075.600W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7445: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7445
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1999-10-27 · closed 1999-11-10
- B-115; delaware city, delaware1999-10-27 → 1999-11-10
- Delaware city, de this message1999-10-27 → 1999-11-10
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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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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