Spills · oil
Taylor energy platform "saratoga"; gulf of mexico off mississippi river delta
NOAAORR-8634
- issued
- 2013-07-14 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2013-07-28 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2013-07-28 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.936, -88.969
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Taylor Energy Platform "Saratoga"; Gulf of Mexico off Mississippi River Delta. Gulf of Mexico off Mississippi River Delta. 1. On 14 July 2013, the USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC requesting trajectory support for a reported crude oil discharge from the Platform "Saratoga" that was destroyed during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. A sheen 2mi x 200' of varying colors was reported in lease block Mississippi Canyon 20A. The NRC report number is 1053820. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: SOUTH LA SWEET CRUDE. 3. POSITION 28.936N 088.969W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8634: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8634
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
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- 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 · 2 messages since 2013-07-14 · closed 2013-07-30
- Taylor energy platform "saratoga"; gulf of mexico off mississippi river delta this message2013-07-14 → 2013-07-28
- South pass, la 16Jul13; south pass of the mississippi r delta, la2013-07-16 → 2013-07-30
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