Galveston Lightering Area Fuel Discharge; Offshore of Galveston, TX
Offshore of Galveston, TX | 2017-Jan-10
Initial Notification: On January 10, 2017, transfer hoses between a barge and deep draft vessel conducting lightering operations approximately 40 miles off shore of Galveston failed, discharging somewhere between 2.5 and 25 bbls of Arabian medium crude into the water. MSU Texas City contacted NOAA SSC for trajectory.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | Arab Medium Crude |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 25 barrels |
| Latitude (approximate): | 28° 33.50′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 94° 33.60′ West |