Spills · oil
Gulf of mexico, galveston lightering zone
T/v Krymsk Oil Spill; Gulf of Mexico, Galveston Lightering Zone · NOAAORR-8131
- issued
- 2009-10-20 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-11-03 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-11-03 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.617, -94.533
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
T/V KRYMSK Oil Spill; Gulf of Mexico, Galveston Lightering Zone. Gulf of Mexico, Galveston Lightering Zone. 1. On the evening of 20 October 2009, NOAA was notified by USCG Marine Safety Unit Galveston of an oil spill in the Galveston Lightering Zone. The Tanker Vessel KRYMSK was reported leaking bunker fuel from a collision with a support vessel. Details and initial information are sketchy, but it was reported that oil was leaking to the sea from one of the tanker’s fuel tanks. The USCG has responded. It was reported that on board operations to transfer fuel from the leaking tank to another tank to secure the spill source are in progress (and may have already been completed at the time of this entry). NOAA is providing a support role to the Federal On-Scene Coordinator. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: BUNKER FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 120000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 28.617N 094.533W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8131: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8131
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