Spills
Southwest pass, la
Panco Well Brk; Southwest Pass, la · NOAAORR-7507
- issued
- 2000-08-28 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2000-09-11 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2000-09-11 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.020, -89.405
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Panco Well Brk; Southwest Pass, LA. Southwest Pass, LA. 1. At approximately 0855 CDT the U.S. Coast Guard was notified of an allision between an unknown vessel and a Panco wellhead about 2 miles west of Southwest Pass, Louisiana (29?01.2'N, 089?24.3'W) in West Bay. The company (Panco) reports that the well only produces 35bbls of sweet Louisiana crude per day along with a much larger quantity of water. A USCG overflight is underway. USCG district 8. 2. COMMODITY: SWEET LOUISIANA CRUDE. 3. POSITION 29.020N 089.405W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7507: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7507
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
- Tpic oil spill, main pass 81; gulf of america2026-06-10
- Oil spill from out-of-service tank at tpic main pass 69 facility; louisiana2026-05-19
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisianaSpills · 7.2 nm
- Uscg remote communication facility new orleans 29-53.00N 089-57.00W mf and hf dsc off airNav aids · 59.1 nm
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 105.1 nm
Worldwide now
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Spills
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