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Monarch Granite Point; Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cook Inlet, Alaska | 2018-Sep-24

Initial Notification: On 6-Sep-2018, Hilcorp reported a sheen incident 400 feet NE of their Granite Point oil drilling platform in Cook Inlet. The sheen is believed to be from a sunken vessel, Monarch. The USCG recovered sheen samples and would like NOAA to analyze the samples and determine the oil type.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:diesel
Latitude (approximate): 60° 57.33′ North
Longitude (approximate): 151° 19.92′ West