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Galveston bay, tx

Pipeline Leak (condensate); Galveston Bay, Tx · NOAAORR-8911

issued: 2015-04-15 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2015-04-29 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2015-04-29 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.483, -94.894
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Pipeline Leak (Condensate); Galveston Bay, TX.
Galveston Bay, TX.
1. On April 14, 2015, the USCG MSU Texas City contacted the NOAA SSC requesting assessment of potential discharge of an oil condensate pipeline currently under repair. The pipeline currently has a pinhole leak and divers are working to locate and repair the leak.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CONDENSATE . MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 80000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 29.483N 094.894W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8911: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8911

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