Spills · collision
Gulf of mexico, la
Southern Dancer Incident and Diesel Spill; Gulf of Mexico, la · NOAAORR-8095
- issued
- 2009-09-12 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-09-26 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-09-26 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.016, -90.277
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
SOUTHERN DANCER Incident and Diesel Spill; Gulf of Mexico, LA. Gulf of Mexico, LA. 1. At 2:55 AM (local time) on 12 September (early Saturday morning), the U.S. Coast Guard notified the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator that an Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) struck a rig while being untied. The vessel spun around and allied with the rig spilling an estimated 1,800 gallons of marine diesel fuel into the Gulf of Mexico. The location was roughly 4 nautical miles SW of Belle Pass Louisiana and just off the barrier islands and Timbalier Bay. The source is reported secured. NOAA was requested to provide a trajectory analysis. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: MARINE DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1800 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 29.016N 090.277W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8095: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8095
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
- Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
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Timeline · 11 messages since 2009-07-09 · closed 2009-11-30
- Off timbalier island, la2009-07-09 → 2009-07-23
- On sunday afternoon, 26 july 2009, noaa was notified of an oil spill 33 miles offshore and 60 miles…2009-07-26 → 2009-08-09
- Off timbalier island2009-08-15 → 2009-08-29
- Sheen; grand isle block 932009-08-25 → 2009-09-08
- Gulf of mexico, la this message2009-09-12 → 2009-09-26
- Mystery sheen; grande isle block 37, la2009-09-22 → 2009-10-06
- Reported sheen, s timbalier block 52; gulf of mexico, off louisiana coast2009-09-26 → 2009-10-10
- Mystery spill ship shoal block 118 ; gulf of mexico2009-10-01 → 2009-10-15
- Near lake pelto, la2009-10-09 → 2009-10-23
- Loop buoy #3; offshore louisiana2009-11-05 → 2009-11-19
- Ship shoal area, la2009-11-16 → 2009-11-30
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