Responders secure well, continue oil cleanup southwest of Port Sulphur
NEW ORLEANS — Responders secured the CM-183 wellhead leak in Lake Grande Ecaille Bay nine miles southwest of Port Sulphur at 3:12 p.m., Thursday.
Responders with Wild Well Control were able to secure the well shortly after the arrival of a specialized equipment barge, while crews continue cleanup operations. Response crews have recovered more than 1,200 gallons of oily-water mixture and deployed...
Coast Guard continues response to oil spill southwest of Port Sulphur
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is continuing to respond to an oil spill in Lake Grande Ecaille Bay nine miles southwest of Port Sulphur, Wednesday.
Swift Energy, the responsible party, has contracted a barge to secure the wellhead. Response crews have deployed 1,800-feet of boom to contain the discharged oily-water mixture from the wellhead. The discharge coming from the wellhead is less than 840...
Coast Guard responds to allision, oil spill southwest of Port Sulphur
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an allision between a vessel and an inactive wellhead about nine miles southwest of Port Sulphur, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report that the 42-foot crewboat Sea Raider allided with a wellhead owned by Swift Energy at around 8 p.m., Tuesday. The platform is discharging an oily-water mixture, but...
