Spills · oil
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
This area · spills & pollution incidents
138 within 180 nm since 1985 · 5 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now
85
90
95
00
05
10
15
20
25
26
- Western cook inlet, ak2026-08-24
- Resurrection bay, seward, ak2026-06-13
- Anchorage, ak 99501, USA2026-04-16
- Whittier, ak 99693, USA2026-01-20
- Prince william sound, ak2025-12-08
- Kodiak island, ak2025-09-02
Season · when spills & pollution incidents happen here
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
month of issue, all years in the archive
Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Western cook inlet, akSpills · 28.4 nm
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.