Coast Guard continues response to oil discharge near Pointe à la Hache
December 1st, 2017
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and state agencies are continuing to respond to an oil discharge from a hole in a pipeline in a marsh area near Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, Thursday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division reports approximately 1,260 gallons of product have been recovered through the use of boom, sorbent pads, drum skimmer package, and rope-mope skimmer package
An in-situ burn will be conducted to remove the bulk of the remaining oil from the impacted marsh. Plans for the in-situ burn have been approved and the burn is scheduled to start at 11 a.m., Friday. Air monitoring will be conducted during the burn.
Personnel from Teichman Group LLC, OMI Environmental Solutions, New Orleans, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinators Office, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries are responding to the incident.
The source of the discharge is secured.
The pipeline is owned by XTO Energy.
There are no reported injuries or waterway restrictions due to the incident.
The cause of the incident remains under investigation.
Read the previous report of the discharge here.
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Coast Guard responds to oil discharge near Pointe à la Hache
Nov 23rd, 2017 · Comments Off on Coast Guard responds to oil discharge near Pointe à la Hache
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an approximately 504-gallon oil discharge from a hole in a pipeline in a marsh area near Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, Wednesday. The source of the discharge is secured.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received the report of the discharge at 2:40 p.m.
OMI Environmental Solutions, an oil spill response organization, is on scene in response to the incident.
Members from Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division are en route to the scene to investigate the discharge.
The pipeline is owned by XTO Energy.
There are no reported injuries, or waterway restrictions due to the incident.
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
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Spilled pipeline oil in lower Plaquemines is burned, site to be evaluated Tuesday
Updated Dec 2, 10:02 PM; Posted Dec 2, 10:01 PM
A controlled burn is seen in the distance to remove oil spilled after a pipeline leak near Pointe a la Hache in lower Plaquemines Parish on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, the Coast Guard said. (U.S. Coast Guard) By Manuel Torres
mtorres@nola.com,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
A controlled burn to remove oil spilled after a pipeline leak near Pointe a la Hache in lower Plaquemines Parish went on as planned and air monitoring afterward showed no troubling results, the Coast Guard said Saturday (Dec. 2).
The pipeline owned by XTO Energy was reported to be leaking to the Coast Guard at 2:40 p.m. Thursday. As of Thursday night, officials said, they'd removed 1,260 gallons of "product" using absorbent materials. The agency, in a press release, said fire was used to burn spilled oil in the marsh on Friday, from 12 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
"Air monitoring was conducted and the results showed no level of concern," the agency said.
The press notice doesn't indicate how much oil was removed in total. Coast Guard and other officials plan to return to the site Tuesday to see if additional measures are needed.
Contractors Teichman Group LLC and OMI Environmental Solutions, as well as several agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinators Office, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries are involved in the effort.
The Coast Guard said the pipeline is secured and there are no reported injuries or waterway restrictions. The cause of the spill is under investigation.