Gulf of mexico

Original warning text

Pipeline Break (Poseidon Pipeline Spill); Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
1. At 1159 CST on Friday, 22 January 2000. the NOAA SSC was notified of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. The location of the spill was 60 miles offshore. The spill resulted when an anchor from a semi-submersible drilling rig dragged across and damaged a 24" pipeline at both the impact site and at a platform more than a mile away. Oil was released from both locations. The water depth was greater than 400 feet. The initial release volume, based on the amount of oil transferred between the time of the incident and shut in was 1839 bbl. The line was owned by Equilon Pipeline and identified as part of the Poseidon Pipeline System. The NOAA SSC relocated to the Shell Command Post at the request of the USCG to support the on-scene incident commander. Preliminary trajectories suggested that the oil would move west and north. Landfall was not predicted for several days. [...]
2. COMMODITY: MED. CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 77200 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 28.117N 090.783W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7456: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7456