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Whitney Oil & Gas Tank Battery 49, Garden Island Bay; Venice, LA 70091, USA

Venice, LA 70091, USA | 2019-Dec-14

Initial Notification: On December 14, 2019, at approximately 0733 hrs, Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division (IMD) received NRC#1266407 reporting of approximately 23-25 bbls of crude oil discharged from a broken reducer on the discharge side of a pump, which serviced a 2” flowline between the Dry Oil Tank and storage barge at the Tank Battery 49 facility, located in Garden Island Bay in Plaquemines Parish. SSC Notified

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Latitude (approximate): 29° 4.53′ North
Longitude (approximate): 89° 9.88′ West