Spills · oil

Baytown, tx, USA

Siempre Energy Discharge; Baytown, Tx, USA · NOAAORR-9729

issued: 2018-06-04 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2018-06-18 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2018-06-18 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.703, -94.986
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Siempre Energy Discharge; Baytown, TX, USA.
Baytown, TX, USA.
1. On 04JUN2018, the USCG Sector Houston-Galveston contacted the NOAA SSC regarding the discharge of crude oil in Tabbs Bay TX. The USCG has requested a trajectory and fate.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL.
3. POSITION 29.703N 094.986W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9729: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9729

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Timeline · 6 messages since 2018-03-29 · closed 2018-07-11

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