Spills · oil

Gulf of mexico

M/V Jillian Morrison ; Gulf of Mexico · NOAAORR-7790

issued: 2008-03-12 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2008-03-26 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2008-03-26 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.253, -92.043
vessel: M/V JILLIAN MORRISON
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V JILLIAN MORRISON ; Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
1. An explosion occurred late Tuesday night (3/21/08) while the M/V JILLIAN MORRISON was evacuating gas from a pipeline into a tank. The tank, not the pipeline exploded. A support vessel containing 24,000 gallons of diesel sank. The incident occurred some 24 km off the Louisiana coast.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 24000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 29.253N 092.043W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7790: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7790

This area · spills & pollution incidents

1303 within 180 nm since 1970 · 41 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now

Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
Release of aluminum phosphide in M/V thorco liva; port arthur, texas2026-07-28
Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
Johnson bayou, la2026-06-17

Season · when spills & pollution incidents happen here

month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bankSpills · 105.9 nm
Uscg remote communication facility new orleans 29-53.00N 089-57.00W mf and hf dsc off airNav aids · 115.6 nm

Worldwide now

8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all

Spills

Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.