I just saw a news report about a oil spill in the GOM off Port Sulphur caused by a crew boat running into a well platform. The crew boat I’m on just returned from that area… No details other than spill response crews have been dispatched.
Allision Results in Oil Spill Southwest of Port Sulphur
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a report of an allision between a vessel and an inactive wellhead about nine miles southwest of Port Sulphur, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report that the 42-foot crewboat Sea Raider allided with a wellhead owned by Swift Energy at around 8 p.m., Tuesday. The platform is discharging an oily-water mixture, but the amount is unknown at this time.
Thar she blows. Latest update here http://gcaptain.com/vessel-allision-causes-oil-geyser-in-gulf-of-mexico/
