Spills · oil
Pas a loutre, la
Tank Barge Fire; Pas A Loutre, la · NOAAORR-7609
- issued
- 2006-02-17 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2006-03-03 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2006-03-03 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.142, -89.197
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Tank Barge Fire; Pas A Loutre, LA. Pas A Loutre, LA. 1. At 0340 this afternoon, USCG Sector New Orleans notified the NOAA SSC of an oil barge on fire near Pas A Loutre, LA. Barge is reported to be carrying 410 bbls of crude oil with an additional 500 bbl storage tank very near to the burning barge. Also on fire is the house barge/crew quarters. Location is in a State Wildlife Management Area. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 38200 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.142N 089.197W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7609: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7609
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- 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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Timeline · 2 messages since 2006-02-01 · closed 2006-03-03
- Main pass block 299; offshore, la2006-02-01 → 2006-02-15
- Pas a loutre, la this message2006-02-17 → 2006-03-03
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Spills
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