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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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