Spills · pipeline

Barataria bay waterway; 7 miles south of lafitte, la

NOAAORR-8747

issued: 2014-04-04 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2014-04-18 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2014-04-18 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.568, -90.044
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Barataria Bay Waterway; 7 miles south of Lafitte, LA.
7 miles south of Lafitte, LA.
1. On April 4, 2014, the USCG New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a release of 6 barrels (bbls) of crude oil from a 4 inch transfer line into a marsh approximately 1/4 mile east of the Barataria Bay Waterway. The responsible party has reportedly secured and flushed the line and deployed boom around the spill. Oil spill contractors are deploying to the incident to conduct cleanup operations. USCG has requested trajectory from NOAA ERD.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 252 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE.
3. POSITION 29.568N 090.044W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8747: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8747

This area · spills & pollution incidents

1079 within 180 nm since 1970 · 35 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now

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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, la2014-01-30 → 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, la this message2014-04-04 → 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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