Discharge of Crude Oil at Liquid Oxygen Plant, Mud Lake, LA
Mud Lake, LA | 2022-Feb-08
Initial Notification: On 8 FEB 2022, the NOAA SSC was contacted by the USCG Sector New Orleans regarding a discharge of crude oil from a 400 barrel tank in the vicinity of Mud Lake that occurred on 4 FEB 2022. The total discharge amount was estimated to be between 5bbls and 10 bbls with 3-5 bbls outside of containment in the waterway and marsh. An overflight on February 8 showed an area of dark oil around the facility and partial loss of containment with one streamer of dark oil outside of containment. The USCG requested a trajectory for oil discharged outside of containment and resources at risk.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | oil |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 10 barrels |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 29.03′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 89° 59.63′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Applied |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |