Coast Guard responds to oil discharge near New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a crude oil discharge near New Orleans, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 7:27 a.m. that approximately 1,050 gallons of crude oil discharged into Garden Island Bay from the Whitney Oil and Gas Garden Island Bay Tank Battery 49 facility due to mechanical issues.
The source of the spill has been secured after personnel at the...
Coast Guard responds to oil discharge in Pass A Loutre Wildlife Management Area
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a crude oil discharge in Pass A Loutre Wildlife Management Area, Louisiana, Monday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 4:30 p.m. Sunday of crude oil leaking from a storage tank owned by Whitney Oil and Gas.
The maximum potential for the spill is estimated to be 2,520 gallons, but the discharge was contained before...
