Mystery Spill - Gulf of Mexico Platform; Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico | 1997-Sep-29

Initial Notification: At approximately 1130 on September 30, 1997, a USCG overflight reported an 8-mile long by 0.5-mile wide black oil slick 100 miles offshore Louisiana near a platform construction site in the Gulf of Mexico. At approximately 1500 a second overflight saw a small sheen approximately 50 by 1,000 feet near the same platform construction site. USCG district 8. Keyword: none.