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Well Blowout; Bayou Perot, LA

Bayou Perot, LA | 2007-Jan-21

Initial Notification: On January 21, 2007, the NOAA SSC was notified of a suspected well head or pipeline blowout in Lake Perot, LA. The source is unconfirmed and may be an abandoned wellhead or pipeline. There is a significant plume of oil condensate jetting into the air and a trailing plume of brown condensate on the water

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Tags:Collision
Products of concern:Crude Condensate
Latitude (approximate): 29° 40.00′ North
Longitude (approximate): 90° 7.00′ West
On-Water Recovery: Applied
Shoreline Cleanup: Applied
Dispersants: Unknown/Not applicable
In-Situ Burn: Evaluated but not used
Bioremediation: Evaluated but not used