Spills · oil
Timbalier bay, la
Forefront Timbalier Bay Spill; Timbalier Bay, la · NOAAORR-9737
- issued
- 2018-06-12 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2018-06-26 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2018-06-26 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.078, -90.343
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Forefront Timbalier Bay Spill; Timbalier Bay, LA. Timbalier Bay, LA. 1. On June 12, 2018, the USCG notified the NOAA SSC that a non-producing (shut in) well was leaking from the well casing and had released an estimated 2-4 bbls of crude oil into Timbalier Bay, LA. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.078N 090.343W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9737: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9737
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Johnson bayou, la2026-06-17
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Timeline · 5 messages since 2018-06-12 · closed 2018-08-27
- Timbalier bay, la this message2018-06-12 → 2018-06-26
- Terrebone bay, la, USA2018-07-13 → 2018-07-27
- Leeville, la , USA2018-07-17 → 2018-07-31
- Subsea ethylene glycol release; mc 4742018-07-19 → 2018-08-02
- Gulf of mexico2018-08-13 → 2018-08-27
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