Spills · oil
New orleans, la
Pipeline Leak; New Orleans, la · NOAAORR-9020
- issued
- 1985-02-21 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1985-03-07 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1985-03-07 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.240, -88.896
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Pipeline Leak; New Orleans, LA. New Orleans, LA. 1. Pipeline leak SE of New Orleans about 350 bbls spilled over last weekend and has impacted between Breton Island and the Chandeleur Islands. Tomorrow 2/22, they will be sending a "pig" through the pike hoping to determien where the leak is. they expect the process to lose about 100 bbls more. Where do we expect the new oil to go? 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.240N 088.896W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9020: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9020
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Wcc oil spill, main pass 21; breton sound, louisiana2026-06-11
- Tpic oil spill, main pass 81; gulf of america2026-06-10
- Oil spill from out-of-service tank at tpic main pass 69 facility; louisiana2026-05-19
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisianaSpills · 22.5 nm
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- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 78.1 nm
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