Well #59 Incident: Well Blowout, Garden Island Bay; Port Eads, Louisiana
Port Eads, LA, USA | 2025-Apr-26
Initial Notification: At 1700 on 26 APR 2025, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a reported well blowout in a marsh area near Garden Island Bay Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife Management Area, LA. The discharge rate is currently unknown. The USCG requested NOAA prepare an oil fate and trajectory and identify resources at risk.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Tags: | Wellhead |
| Products of concern: | crude oil |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 4.50′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 89° 10.80′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Applied |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Applied |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Evaluated but not used |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |