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Hilcorp Homeplace Facility Discharge; Port Sulphur, LA 70083, USA

Port Sulphur, LA 70083, USA | 2019-Jul-24

Initial Notification: On July 24, 2019, the USCG Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division received a report of a four BBL discharge of crude oil at the HILCORP Homeplace facility due to a malfunction in the salt water holding tank control panel which was filled with grease causing the overflow signal to fail.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Latitude (approximate): 29° 24.92′ North
Longitude (approximate): 89° 42.27′ West