BSEE, Coast Guard investigate oil sheen in Gulf of Mexico

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The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and US Coast Guard responded to reports from Shell Offshore Inc. of an oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles south of Port Fourchon, La.
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The sheen, estimated at 2 miles by 13 miles on May 12, was observed in the vicinity of Glider field, a group of four subsea wells on Green Canyon Block 248. The total subsea release was estimated at 2,100 bbl. Both agencies had inspectors fly over the area. BSEE will lead the incident investigation.

Production from these four wells flows through a subsea manifold to Shell’s Brutus platform in 2,900 ft of water. Shell has shut-in production from all wells that flow to the Brutus platform. No injuries or evacuations were reported.

http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/05/bsee-coast-guard-investigate-oil-sheen-in-gulf-of-mexico.html

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1. UPDATE - Shell Spill Recovery Continues

Shell oil spill recovery continues


Shell Oil Co., continuing to respond Monday to last week's oil discharge in the Gulf of Mexico, reported it had collected about 76,600 gallons of an oil-water mix through Sunday evening, though how much of that is oil may not yet be known.

But no one connected to the clean-up — neither Shell nor several federal agencies — could suggest when it might conclude.

Discharge occurred Thursday

Shell said Thursday that a discharge of about 88,200 gallons occurred late that morning some 90 miles south of Timbalier Island, off the Louisiana coast, creating an initial oil sheen of about 2 miles by 13 miles. The company identified the source of the problem as a flow line that connects to a tension leg platform at the Glider Field.

The Glider Field lies 165 miles south-southwest of New Orleans in around 3,400 feet of water. Shell bought the lease there in 1995 for $725,000, and holds a 75 percent working interest in Glider; Newfield holds the rest. Development costs were about $150 million, according to offshoretechnology.com. The website said the well was drilled in 1996 to about 16,000 feet.

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