Mystery Sheen; Ship Shoal Block 65, LA
Ship Shoal Block 65, LA | 2011-Mar-13
Initial Notification: At approximately 1000 central time on 13Mar2011, the SSC was notified by USCG MSU Morgan City of a sighting of a 1mi x 5mi sheen approximately 5 miles offshore. The sheen (75% rainbow, 25% silver) was reported by a PHI helo early this morning. Source is unknown. Location L 28deg 59'50'/ Lo 090deg 51'42". Trajectory analysis was requested.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | unknown |
| Latitude (approximate): | 28° 59.83′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 90° 51.70′ West |