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Jefferson co., tx

Sterling Exploration Pipeline Discharge; Jefferson Co., Tx · NOAAORR-7702

issued: 2007-10-23 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2007-11-06 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2007-11-06 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.623, -94.197
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Sterling Exploration Pipeline Discharge; Jefferson Co., TX.
Jefferson Co., TX.
1. A DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM A PIPELINE WAS REPORTED TO OR&R EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION AT APPROX. 2315HRS 23 OCT 2007. PRP CALCULATED A LOSS OF 138 BARRELS BUT CANNOT FIND THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. USCG REPORTED ON THE MORNING OF 24 OCT THAT THE SOURCE IS A "PINHOLE" LEAK IN THE PIPELINE IN 1 FOOT OF WATER. AN OVERFLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED THIS MORNING AND AN OIL SLICK HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 2-3NM BY 200YDS IN SIZE AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SOURCE. LOCATION IS BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND SABINE PASS (029deg37.40N, 094deg11.81W).
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: LIGHT CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5796 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE.
3. POSITION 29.623N 094.197W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7702: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7702

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