M&V Production Company; Barataria, Louisiana

Barataria, Louisiana | 1988-Oct-01

Initial Notification: In late September 1988, approximately 100 barrels of sweet crude oil leaked from an M&V Production Company subsurface pipeline into a wetland area near Bayou Saint Denis, approximately one-half mile west of Barataria, Louisiana. The leak from the pipeline, which leads from an active oil well to a commingling tank complex nearby, affected up to four acres of adjacent grassy wetland and waterways. The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), New Orleans, directed the facility operators to take immediate action to control the spill and clean up the area. USCG district 8.