Shell Pipeline; Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana

Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana | 1999-Jul-23

Initial Notification: At 1000 on Friday 23 July, the NOAA SSC was notified of spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred when a jack-up drilling rig set up on top of a Shell Oil pipeline at location 28?26.4N/91?02.4W in Block 241 of the Ship Shoal Block. This location is approximately 30 miles offshore and SSE of Atchafalaya Bay in Louisiana. The oil is a light condensate with an API of 35 and the amount spilled is potentially 3700 barrels. A slick of 2 miles by 4 miles has been observed in the vicinity of the incident. USCG district 8. Keyword: none.