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Cipl drift river crude oil spill, cook inlet, alaska; tyonek, ak 99682, USA

NOAAORR-9340

issued
2016-08-16 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2016-08-30 00:00Z
self-cancels
2016-08-30 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.603, -152.174
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

CIPL Drift River Crude Oil Spill, Cook Inlet, Alaska; Tyonek, AK 99682, USA.
Tyonek, AK 99682, USA.
1. On July 2, 2016, the Cook Inlet Pipe Line Company (CIPL) reported that 14 gallons of crude oil was released inside a valve box and one gallon to the ground at the Drift River Terminal Facility (DRT facility), on the west side of Cook Inlet, Alaska. On July 29, CIPL also reported a crude oil stain at the surface of one of the buried 20-inch fill line blind flanges in the pipe corridor between Tanks 1 and 4. The quantity of this spill is unknown.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE.
3. POSITION 60.603N 152.174W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9340: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9340

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