Well head equipment failure; Bayou Perot, LA
Bayou Perot, LA | 2015-Nov-02
Initial Notification: On November 2, 2015, the USCG Sector New Orleans Notified the NOAA SSC about an spill of approximately 1 bbl of crude oil into Bayo Perot due to the failure of the packing of a crown valve on a well head. The spill was contained by previous deployed boom.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | Crude oil, natural gas condensate, produced water |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 1 barrels |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 40.83′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 90° 9.97′ West |