Harvest Oil & Gas facility; Atchafalaya Bay, LA
Atchafalaya Bay, LA | 2007-Dec-10
Initial Notification: The NOAA SSC was notified by USCG on the morning of 12/10 of a release of unspecified oil at a Harvest Oil & Gas production facility in Atchafalaya Bay, LA. The release, estimated at 5 gal/min, was initially reported at 1500 local time, 12/9/07. Booming is in place. USCG has requested a trajectory in the event that the boom fails.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | Crude Oil |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 100 barrels |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 24.88′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 91° 23.36′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Applied |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Evaluated but not used |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |