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Breton sound, la

Harvest Oil Platform; Breton Sound, la · NOAAORR-7707

issued: 2007-11-05 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2007-11-19 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2007-11-19 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.539, -89.262
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Harvest Oil platform; Breton Sound, LA.
Breton Sound, LA.
1. The NOAA SSC was notified at 12:30 local (CST) 05 NOV of a 1 mi. slick of brown oil extending from the Harvest Oil platform in Block 32 of Breton Sound, Mississippi River Delta, LA.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: UNK.
3. POSITION 29.539N 089.262W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7707: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7707

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Timeline · 6 messages since 2007-10-26 · closed 2008-02-02

Sunken fishing vessel LA7516EG; dead women pass, mississippi delta, la2007-10-26 → 2007-11-09
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Breton sound, la2007-12-11 → 2007-12-25
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