Spills · oil
East cox bay, la
Long Bay Oil Slick; East Cox Bay, la · NOAAORR-9256
- issued
- 2016-03-22 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2016-04-05 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2016-04-05 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.516, -89.566
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Long Bay Oil Slick; East Cox Bay, LA. East Cox Bay, LA. 1. On March 22, 2016, the USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC with regard to an oil slick sighted outside of Long Bay, Louisiana. The volume was estimated to be 2.5 bbl of crude oil. The USCG has requested a trajectory of the slick. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 105 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.516N 089.566W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9256: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9256
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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Timeline · 5 messages since 2016-02-22 · closed 2016-05-11
- Whitney oil & gas wellhead leak; garden island bay, plaquemines, la2016-02-22 → 2016-03-07
- Vicinity of main pass, la2016-03-16 → 2016-03-30
- East cox bay, la this message2016-03-22 → 2016-04-05
- Delta nwr, plaquemines, la2016-03-25 → 2016-04-08
- Baptiste collette, la2016-04-27 → 2016-05-11
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- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USASpills · 92.7 nm
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