TELEDYNE RIG #16; Off New Orleans, Louisiana

Off New Orleans, Louisiana | 1989-Jan-08

Initial Notification: CG, 8TH DIST Operations notified LASSC that a blowout had occured on Teledyne Rig #16 in Fed lease "Main Pass, Blk.#299, located at approx. Lat 29 deg.15 min. North, Lon 88 deg. 47 min. West. CG contact stated that no fire had occured and that company vessels were on site water fogging gasious emission comming from the well head area to protect the drill rig/barge assembly and to knock down vapors. CG further stated that a rotten egg odor had been reported in the area by personnel on adjacent platforms. At 1300 cst CG MSO New Orleans called, cofirmed the earlier report and requested SSC assistance. They stated that at that time that no fire had been reported and that adjacent drill platforms and rigs were being or had been evacuated. They also stated that contact with "Freeport MacMoran"(the contract/lease owner) indicated that the purpose of the well was to develope sulfur deposits on the lease site and that H2S gas had been detected near the blowout site at levels up to 60ppm. At 1451 MSO New Orleans notified the SSC that fire had started at the site and requested information regarding combustion products and possible plume trajectory modeling. No slick was reported.-end USCG district 8.