Hilcorp East Bay Baptiste facility Discharge; Port Sulphur, LA, USA
Port Sulphur, LA, USA | 2018-Oct-04
Initial Notification: On October 3, 2018, the USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a discharge of oil from Hilcorp's Bay Baptiste facility into the adjacent waterway, resulting in an app. 0.5mi x25yd sheen.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | Oil, crude |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 1 barrels |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 27.40′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 89° 50.60′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Applied |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |