DELTA BENGAL, Abandoned Pipeline ; Little Lake, LA
Little Lake, LA | 2007-Dec-03
Initial Notification: On 3 December 2007, the regional NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator was notified by USCG Sector New Orleans of a small oil spill in South Louisiana. The USCG responded to an incident involving the tug that was pushing an oil rig and struck an unknown submerged object in Little Lake (just south of Bayou Perot) causing a 3ft by 3ft persistent sheen. Initially it was thought that this pipeline might have been a natural gas line, but it turned out to be an orphaned flowline.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | Crude Oil |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 32.40′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 90° 10.03′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Applied |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |