RowanXL-1 rig/TV FR8 Pride; Port Aransas, TX channel

Port Aransas, TX channel | 2012-May-02

Initial Notification: At around 1000CDT the NOAA SSC was contacted regarding a collision in the Port Aransas TX shipping channel between a 750' tanker vessel (TV FR8 Pride) and a jack-up rig Rowan XL-1 at 0700CDT on 2May2012. The only discharge at this time is an unknown but small amount of hydraulic fluid creating a small sheen. USCG has indicated that they do not expect a larger release, and no discharge is reported from the tanker. NOAA SSC is coordinating with Sector Corpus Christi, but no direct science support from NOAA has been requested at this time.