Mystery Spill5; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska

Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska | 1988-Aug-05

Initial Notification: On August 5, 1988, personnel on the Phillips Petroleum gas platform in upper Cook Inlet observed several patches of black oil with sheen. At 1000, a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 overflight confirmed the oil slick and observed a few scattered patches in an area from 10 miles west of Fire Island southwest to Trading Bay. USCG district 17.