Spills · collision
Garden island bay, la
Ruptured Flow Line; Garden Island Bay, la · NOAAORR-8807
- issued
- 2014-08-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2014-09-10 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2014-09-10 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.075, -89.161
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Ruptured Flow Line; Garden Island Bay, LA. Garden Island Bay, LA. 1. On August 27, 2014, the USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC about an oil spill in Garden Island Bay, in the southeast end of the Mississippi River Delta. The oil spill was caused by a rupture in a 3 inch flowline directly below the associated wellhead’s shut off valves. The well was abandoned but the flowline contained residual oils. The USCG requested a Resources at Risk Report from NOAA. 2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 29.075N 089.161W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8807: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8807
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2014-08-27 · closed 2014-10-07
- Garden island bay, la this message2014-08-27 → 2014-09-10
- Southwest pass, la2014-09-23 → 2014-10-07
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