Response continues for the Lake Washington A10 Well Leak
NEW ORLEANS – The Unified Command continued to respond to a well that discharged a mixture of crude oil, gas, and water near Port Sulphur, Louisiana, Sunday.
At approximately 10:15 p.m. personnel on a rig barge mechanically plugged the well head permanently securing it.
It is estimated that approximately 9,282 gallons of oil was discharged before the well head was controlled. Approximately 13,300...
Coast Guard, local agencies respond to crude oil spill in Bay Jacques, Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and local agencies are responding to a crude oil spill in Bay Jacques, Louisiana, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Houma watchstanders received notification from Summit Oil and Gas, LLC at 11:54 a.m. that a crude oil storage tank located in Bay Jacques developed a leak and caused an estimated 4,200 gallons of Louisiana crude oil to discharge, Tuesday.
Tuesday,...
Coast Guard responds after dredge strikes pipeline in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to an oil discharge near Bay Long, Louisiana, Monday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 10:09 a.m. that approximately 5,300 gallons of crude oil leaked from a pipeline own by Harvest Pipeline Company after it was struck by a Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company vessel that was conducting excavation...
Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries locate 2 missing men in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON — A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries boat crew located 2 fishermen who had been missing and performed CPR to revive one of the men Wednesday morning about 11 miles southwest of Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve.
The boat crew found the men clinging to the bow of their sunken boat near an oil rig. They were taken back to shore and met EMS, who took them to...
Coast Guard to present Public Service Commendations to LDWF
New Orleans – The Eight Coast Guard District is scheduled to present Coast Guard Public Service Commendations to members of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division on Monday. The recipients of the awards are being honored for distinguished actions that promoted maritime safety and lifesaving during the Oct. 17-18, 2009, rescue of four people from a capsized vessel...