Tuesday, July 28, 2015

1,000-gallons of diesel spilled into Greens Bayou from a cement facility

 



 


Upper Houston Ship Channel reopens after diesel spill

JULY 28, 2015

HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP) - 

A stretch of the upper Houston Ship Channel has reopened after about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled and forced a three-hour closure.

The Coast Guard says the area reopened around 10:30 a.m. CDT Tuesday.

Nobody was hurt in the incident involving fuel that entered Greens Bayou from a cement facility. The Coast Guard blamed a diesel storage tank that overflowed.

Greens Bayou, is a heavily industrialized urban estuary and tributary to the Houston Ship Channel in Texas

Environmental experts were summoned for cleanup. The spill was contained using a boom.

The 50-mile ship channel connects the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of Houston. The area is home to one of the world's largest petrochemical complexes.