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Bolivar peninsula, tx

Bolivar Island Mystery Oil Seepage; Bolivar Peninsula, Tx · NOAAORR-8952

issued: 2015-06-21 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2015-07-05 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2015-07-05 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.483, -94.560
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

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Bolivar Island Mystery Oil Seepage; Bolivar Peninsula, TX.
Bolivar Peninsula, TX.
1. On June 21, 2015, the USCG Marine Safety Unit at Texas City, Texas, notified the NOAA SSC of a suspected crude oil pipeline break on a Bolivar Peninsula beach. The suspected break was discovered by a harbor patrol responding to a separate incident on June 20. A responsible party has not been identified. Amount released and rate of release are unknown at this point. No oil has been observed reaching the water, but surveys of the dune area revealed sheen in water pools among the dunes.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 4200 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE.
3. POSITION 29.483N 094.560W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8952: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8952

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