Happy Wednesday!
By now you know we love a
follow-up story. We blogged about the original
Gulf of Mexico oil spill in November then there was a secondary sheen found in
December 2023, which we also blogged about.
The original who-dun-it is still under investigation, but the secondary
sheen looks like they found the culprit!
Did anyone
happen to read The Houston Chronicle’s The 713 Morning Newsletter on February
21, 2024, their article titled, “The pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico is
receiving repairs amid an investigation”?
The article was about U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has found the secondary oil sheen’s source and it is
being repaired. Main Pass Oil Gathering
line had another round of inspections when a faulty connector was spotted, this
is where pipes fuse together, and they will repair the problematic area. The
USCG does not believe the faulty connector is what caused the original
1.1. million-gallon oil spill. It’s been
3 months since a 1.1-million-gallon oil spill was located and reported off the
coast of Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River and the investigators
including the USCG will continue their search. Third Coast Infrastructure operates the pipeline
and once the repairs are complete, they will conduct a pressure test on the
pipeline to see if any other areas are compromised. Allowing repairs when an investigation is
underway is highly unusual for the USCG according to a local leak
detection specialist, so the plot is thickening. We expect more to come on this story and will
update you once we learn of any new information. If you would like to read more of The
Houston Chronicle’s article, please click the link: Pipeline in Gulf of Mexico spill receiving repairs amid investigation(houstonchronicle.com).
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like help in looking into how to update your terminal and pipelines, contact us
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information!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great rest of
your week!
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