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Whitney Tank Battery 160 Loomis Pass Spill; Venice, LA, USA

Venice, LA, USA | 2020-Feb-27

Initial Notification: On February 27, 2020, the USCG Sector New Orleans received a report of a discharge of crude oil from a flow line at the Whitney Garden Island Bay Field; Tank Battery 160 Facility, located near Loomis Pass, in the Pass A Loutre State Wildlife Management. Discharge is secure. Initial estimates are between 5 and 30bbl. USCG requested fate/trajectory and resources at risk.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Latitude (approximate): 29° 7.00′ North
Longitude (approximate): 89° 10.86′ West