REPORT DATE: 08-01-2021
REPORT TIME: 0900 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: SOUTH TIMBALIER    24
IMAGE DATE: 07-31-2021
IMAGE TIME: 1628 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2B 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 29°01'06" N/90°08'18" W
AREA: 4.15 square kilometers
CONFIDENCE: High
REMARKS: Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. The anomaly was located approximately 7 nmi SSW of Port Fourchon, LA in the Gulf of Mexico, and measured approximately 2.2 nmi in length and 1.1 nmi in width oriented NW-SE. The anomaly appeared dark in color with whiter areas mixed in suggesting thicker oil. The anomaly was co-located with existing NRC report #1312346, which reported a sheen. Winds at the time of the image were from the NW at around 5 kts.

UNCERTAINTIES: There were numerous oil facilities and pipelines within and near the anomaly, but none could be positively identified as a likely source. Clouds and false positives around the anomaly made the full extent of the anomaly uncertain. However, the NRC report of a large sheen at this location approximately 90 minutes prior to the image time allowed for high confidence that this was oil.

Maps and shapefiles can be accessed at: www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/marinepollution/

ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html#/layers=1+47672&x=-90.14000150000001&y=29.016167000000003&z=11&panel=layer

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