Spills · oil
Little lake, la
Delta Bengal, Abandoned Pipeline ; Little Lake, la · NOAAORR-7723
- issued
- 2007-12-03 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2007-12-17 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2007-12-17 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.540, -90.167
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
DELTA BENGAL, Abandoned Pipeline ; Little Lake, LA. Little Lake, LA. 1. On 3 December 2007, the regional NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator was notified by USCG Sector New Orleans of a small oil spill in South Louisiana. The USCG responded to an incident involving the tug that was pushing an oil rig and struck an unknown submerged object in Little Lake (just south of Bayou Perot) causing a 3ft by 3ft persistent sheen. Initially it was thought that this pipeline might have been a natural gas line, but it turned out to be an orphaned flowline. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. 3. POSITION 29.540N 090.167W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7723: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7723
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- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
- Tpic oil spill, main pass 81; gulf of america2026-06-10
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