Thibodeaux #3; amelia, la

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Thibodeaux #3; Amelia, LA.
Amelia, LA.
1. On the Morning of 19 December, the NOAA SSC was notified of a well blow-out near Amelia, a small town near Morgan City, LA. The well location was reported at 29 degrees 37' 42.92" N Lat. and 91 degrees 04' 33.77" W Long. and adjacent to the ICW. NOAA was requested to provide weather and plume trajectory support. The initial report suggested that a well pressure surge had resulted in the well head blow-out preventor structure and secondary distribution valves (a.k.a. the Christmas Tree) being blown off followed by the well "bridging-over." Bridging-over is a term which refers to sand or other debris filling pore spaces around the well bore in the formation essentially shutting-off or reducing flow. At first light, no gas was reported escaping from the well and only approximately 2 barrels of oil were observed in the water. The source was characterized as a 9.5/8 casing which was [...]
2. COMMODITY: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 84 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 29.624N 091.072W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7530: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7530