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Cook inlet, alaska

Monarch Granite Point; Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-9798

issued
2018-09-24 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2018-10-08 00:00Z
self-cancels
2018-10-08 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.956, -151.332
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Monarch Granite Point; Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. On 6-Sep-2018, Hilcorp reported a sheen incident 400 feet NE of their Granite Point oil drilling platform in Cook Inlet. The sheen is believed to be from a sunken vessel, Monarch. The USCG recovered sheen samples and would like NOAA to analyze the samples and determine the oil type.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL.
3. POSITION 60.956N 151.332W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9798: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9798

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