CG working two spills in south LA

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard was responding Oct. 28 to a crude oil discharge in Pass A Loutre Wildlife Management Area, La. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 27) 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 all the contents of the tank entered the water. The remaining crude oil has been drained from the tank, securing the source of discharge. The CG and Whitney are working to determine the actual amount of oil discharged. Currently, there is three hundred feet of containment boom, one oil skimmer, and two oil spill response boats on scene. OMI Environmental Solutions has been contracted to clean up the spill. There have been no reports of impacts to wildlife at this time. Additionally on Monday, the CG was responding to an oil sheen in Breton Sound, La. The CG received a report from the National Response Center at 11:20 a.m. Sunday of a 10 mile by 3 mile oil sheen northeast of Breton Island. The source of the spill was determined to be a damaged and inactive wellhead, owned by Texas Petroleum Investment Company. TPIC has assumed control of the spill. OMI Environmental Solutions, American Pollution Control Corp., and Clean Gulf Associates are the Oil Spill Response Organizations to clean up the spill. (Coast Guard 10/28/19)