Mystery Sheen; Barbers Point, HI
Barbers Point, HI | 2008-Feb-23
Initial Notification: USCG Sector Honolulu called the NOAA SSC Saturday evening (23Feb08) at 1730 to report a mystery sheen off Barbers Point, Hawaii. Reports of oil odor had first been received at approximately 0130. A USCG overflight reported observing a sheen approximately 100 feet wide stretching from Barbers point to the Kahe Power Plant. USCG observers on-scene reported the oil appeared to be thick diesel. NOAA trajectory support was requested.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Tags: | Mystery Substance |
| Products of concern: | Suspected diesel |
| Latitude (approximate): | 21° 19.80′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 158° 7.20′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Applied |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |