Coast Guard Continues to Work With Louisiana Agencies On Damaged Wellhead
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 14:41.
(coastguardnews) The U.S. Coast Guard continues to work with the Louisiana Oil Spill
Coordinator’s Office LOSCO, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
LDNR, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality LDEQ, Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries LAWLF and Jefferson Parish
Sheriff’s Office JPSO to secure the wellhead and minimize environmental
damage resulting from an allision between a tow vessel and a wellhead
in the Barataria Waterway, which occurred at approximately 1 a.m.,
Tuesday. The Unified Command Post, established at U.S. Coast Guard
Sector New Orleans, is reporting that the wellhead continues to emanate
a mixture of oil and natural gas into Barataria Bay. READ MORE
