Spills · mystery_substance
Green canyon 645 mystery spill; gulf of mexico
NOAAORR-8054
- issued
- 2009-07-22 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-08-05 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-08-05 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 27.321, -90.536
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Green Canyon 645 Mystery Spill; Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico. 1. On Wednesday, 10 July 2009, at 1530 hrs, the NRC received a report of a “mystery sheen” in Green Canyon Block 645 (report number 912389). USCG Marine Safety Unit Morgan City followed up on the report and asked NOAA to provide a trajectory analysis. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: UNKNOWN OIL (SHEEN). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1500 GALLONS. TAGS: MYSTERY SUBSTANCE. 3. POSITION 27.321N 090.536W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8054: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8054
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