Spills · oil
Offshore of fourchon, la
Bay Marchand Oil Spill; Offshore of Fourchon, la · NOAAORR-7647
- issued
- 2007-05-21 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2007-06-04 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2007-06-04 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.100, -90.162
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Bay Marchand Oil Spill; Offshore of Fourchon, LA. Offshore of Fourchon, LA. 1. Initially reported as a 1 mile by 1/4 mile dark sheen. E-SE winds may bring some oil onshore. The updated information is that the cause of the release is oil leaking from a flange at a wellhead located 1 mile off the Louisiana coast. The spill release rate is reported as approximately 300 gallons per hour. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 16800 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.100N 090.162W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7647: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7647
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