Carpenter Bayou Spill; Channelview, TX

Channelview, TX | 2014-May-16

Initial Notification: On May 14, 2014, NOAA received notification of a No. 6 Fuel Oil spill into Carpenter Bayou at the Houston Fuel Oil Facility near Channelview, TX. The spill was reported to the NRC on 15 May 2014 (NRC Report 1082828). TGLO and USCG estimated the release to be between 5 to 10 barrels in the water. Initial actions have contained the spilled oil within Carpenters Bayou preventing migration into the Houston Ship Channel. Cause of the release was not reported, but the released oil migrated to the bayou due to an open outfall combined with a rain event. The majority (Estimated 85-90%) of the spilled oil is contained against the shoreline immediately adjacent to the dock where spill originated.