Spills · oil
Main pass 25, bison energy; 16 miles north of venice, la
NOAAORR-8717
- issued
- 2014-01-30 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2014-02-13 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2014-02-13 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.489, -89.388
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Main Pass 25, Bison Energy; 16 miles north of Venice, LA. 16 miles north of Venice, LA. 1. On January 30th, 2014, the USCG Sector New Orleans contact the NOAA SSC about a oil spill reported in Main Pass 25 (NRC 1072522). The spill is originating from a 1,000 bbl tank on a facility. There is no known rate of discharge and the facility is attempting to secure the source. At this time, the sheen is reported to be 3 mi by 10 feet with black oil covering 0.5 mi by 5 ft (report from facility). An overflight is underway to verify these reports. Efforts are being made to deploy 1,000 ft or hard boom and 800 ft sorbant material. USCG is requesting a trajectory at this time to assist with current and future overflight operations. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: PRESUMABLY SOUTH LA CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 42000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.489N 089.388W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8717: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8717
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
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
- 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 · 9 messages since 2014-01-30 · closed 2014-06-14
- Main pass 25, bison energy; 16 miles north of venice, la this message2014-01-30 → 2014-02-13
- Bernard parish, la2014-02-20 → 2014-03-06
- West delta block 83 W8 flowline; southwest pass venice, louisiana2014-03-09 → 2014-03-23
- Hydrofluoric acid (hf) release; mississippi river, mm 882014-03-17 → 2014-03-31
- Southwest pass, abandoned tank and leaking pipeline; southwest pass, la2014-03-19 → 2014-04-02
- Southwest pass block 24; southwest pass, miss2014-04-03 → 2014-04-17
- Barataria bay waterway; 7 miles south of lafitte, la2014-04-04 → 2014-04-18
- Mystery sheen; mississippi canyon block 21, la2014-05-07 → 2014-05-21
- Delta nwr, la2014-05-31 → 2014-06-14
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- Uscg remote communication facility new orleans 29-53.00N 089-57.00W mf and hf dsc off airNav aids · 37.7 nm
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 85.8 nm
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