Louisiana Faces New Oil Spill Threat, After Tugboat Collides with Wellhead
Date Published: Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Another oil spill is endangering Louisiana’s marshes. MSNBC is reporting that early this morning, a tugboat hit a wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on the border of the state’s Plaquemines and Jefferson parishes.
Oil is now gushing from the well, 20 feet into the air. In addition to oil, the well is also spewing natural gas.
According to a report on WWLTV, the well is now leaking oil near Bayou St. Denis. It is not yet clear who owns the well. However, a contractor who handles wild wells is on the way.
There are no specific estimates on how much oil might be spilling from the well, MSNBC said. Cleanup workers are currently booming off the area and the scene at sea has been taken over by federal agents. Responders to the incident include the US Coast Guard, Jefferson Parish police and fire officials, and Vessels of Opportunity boats.
The Associated Press is reporting that the Coast Guard has received reports of an oil sheen in Mud Lake, north of Barataria Bay. That is an area that officials have been trying protect from oil from the BP oil rig disaster.
The area has been evacuated and civilian boats are being told not to enter the scene.
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Louisiana Faces New Oil Spill Threat, After Tugboat Collides with Wellhead
Date Published: Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Another oil spill is endangering Louisiana’s marshes. MSNBC is reporting that early this morning, a tugboat hit a wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on the border of the state’s Plaquemines and Jefferson parishes.
Oil is now gushing from the well, 20 feet into the air. In addition to oil, the well is also spewing natural gas.
According to a report on WWLTV, the well is now leaking oil near Bayou St. Denis. It is not yet clear who owns the well. However, a contractor who handles wild wells is on the way.
There are no specific estimates on how much oil might be spilling from the well, MSNBC said. Cleanup workers are currently booming off the area and the scene at sea has been taken over by federal agents. Responders to the incident include the US Coast Guard, Jefferson Parish police and fire officials, and Vessels of Opportunity boats.
The Associated Press is reporting that the Coast Guard has received reports of an oil sheen in Mud Lake, north of Barataria Bay. That is an area that officials have been trying protect from oil from the BP oil rig disaster.
The area has been evacuated and civilian boats are being told not to enter the scene.
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July 27th, 2010 at 9:33 am
I swear our eco-system or gulf just can’t get a brake. It’s ridiculous.
July 27th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
OK…We need more info, why was the tugboat in the area? Who owns the tugboat? How are these “wellheads” detected in the water. What is a “wellhead”. See, this sounds too suspect to me. Sounds like some other company could be looking 4som1 to slit the bill…crazier things have happened. Remember we’re still in Iraq looking for WMDs & Bin Laden, but the ware was officially closed by GWB what…2yrs + ago & we delight over the fact that we caught Saddam???, yeah, I’m lost too…that’s why I ask a lot of questions.
July 27th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Tug boats and other large boats maneuver daily in the harbors of New York and other bay cities, no problem.
Yet one oil well in Louisiana?!