Oil spill near Dulac requires burning

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More than 400 gallons of crude oil spilled into a marsh near Dulac last week, requiring a cleanup effort that authorities said was to include burning the product because of difficulties recovering it from the area.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 1 p.m. Thursday that approximately 1,600 gallons or more of crude oil spilled from a flow line, owned by Texas Petroleum Investment Corporation (TPIC), into an unnamed marsh in the Lake Paige Oil and Gas Field.


A pollution response team from Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Houma, and contracted oil spill response personnel from Environmental Safety and Health, the oil spill response organization hired for cleanup, responded to the spill Thursday with hard boom and sorbents.

Members from the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, MSU Houma, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Wildlife and fisheries, and a TPIC representative arrived on scene Friday to reevaluate the discharge and plan cleanup operations.

As much as 1,680 gallons is unaccounted for and most likely trapped in the marsh, where plans for burning in the site area were made, with the burn expected to start at 9 a.m. Monday.


The Coast Guard is monitoring the cleanup and the precise cause of the incident is under investigation. A determination of how wildlife and the environment overall have been affected has not yet been made.

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