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Port neches, tx

Loading Arm Discharge; Port Neches, Tx · NOAAORR-8947

issued: 2015-06-09 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2015-06-23 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2015-06-23 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.992, -93.937
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Loading Arm Discharge; Port Neches, TX.
Port Neches, TX.
1. On June 9, 2015, MSU Port Arthur notified the NOAA SSC of a discharge of 10 gallons of sweet Louisiana crude oil from a loading arm at the Oil Tanking terminal on the Neches River. The USCG requested a trajectory analysis for the spilled oil.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: SWEET LOUISIANA CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 10 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 29.992N 093.937W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8947: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8947

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