Spills · pipeline
Mississippi delta, la
Red Pass Pipeline Release; Mississippi Delta, la · NOAAORR-7724
- issued
- 2007-12-04 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2007-12-18 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2007-12-18 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.225, -89.396
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Red Pass Pipeline Release; Mississippi Delta, LA. Mississippi Delta, LA. 1. On 4 December 2007, an estimated 3 barrel condensate and natural gas spill was reported in Red Pass, near the Targa DGS Facility in the Venice area of the Mississippi River. The release was not secured at this time and the actual source was unknown. The estimated discharge rate was estimated at 1 to 2 barrels per hour, and a visible sheen 0.25 miles long was reported. An unknown area of marsh has been impacted. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: NATURAL GAS, CRUDE OIL, CONDENSATE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1260 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE. 3. POSITION 29.225N 089.396W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7724: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7724
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
- Tpic oil spill, main pass 81; gulf of america2026-06-10
- Oil spill from out-of-service tank at tpic main pass 69 facility; louisiana2026-05-19
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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
- Breton sound, la2007-11-05 → 2007-11-19
- Mississippi delta, la this message2007-12-04 → 2007-12-18
- Breton sound, la2007-12-11 → 2007-12-25
- South pass, mississippi delta, la2007-12-21 → 2008-01-04
- Breton sound 53 well incident; gulf of mexico2008-01-19 → 2008-02-02
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Spills
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