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On may 28, 2016, the uscg marine safety unit in port arthur, tx, notified noaa ssc about a mystery sheen on…
Eagle Ford Discharge; Beaumont, Tx · Beaumont, Tx · NOAAORR-9288
- issued
- 2016-05-28 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2016-06-11 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2016-06-11 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 30.078, -94.083
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Eagle Ford Discharge; Beaumont, TX. Beaumont, TX. 1. On May 28, 2016, the USCG Marine Safety Unit in Port Arthur, TX, notified NOAA SSC about a mystery sheen on the Neches River across from the Port of Beaumont. Discharge was reported to be ~400 gallons of Eagle Ford Shale crude. Advice on fate and trajectory, was requested and provided. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: EAGLE FORD SHALE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 600 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE. 3. POSITION 30.078N 094.083W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9288: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9288
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 4 messages since 2016-05-28 · closed 2016-08-24
- On may 28, 2016, the uscg marine safety unit in port arthur, tx, notified noaa ssc about a mystery sheen on… this message2016-05-28 → 2016-06-11
- Sabine pass, tx2016-07-11 → 2016-07-25
- On july 19, 2016, the noaa ssc provided verbal support to the uscg msu port arthur regarding cleanup methods…2016-07-19 → 2016-08-02
- Kingwood exploration pipeline leak; jd murphree wma, port arthur, tx2016-08-10 → 2016-08-24
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