REPORT DATE: 05-10-2022
REPORT TIME: 1015 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: MISSISSIPPI CANYON   127
IMAGE DATE: 05-09-2022
IMAGE TIME: 1618 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2A 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 28°53'12" N/88°02'34" W
AREA: 9.06 square kilometers
CONFIDENCE: Medium
REMARKS: Possible, unconfirmed oil was observed in satellite imagery.  An anomaly extended 13.2 nm and was up to 0.4 nm wide and was centered in Mississippi Canyon Block 127. A point source could not be determined. The anomaly lacked thick oil. Winds were 5 to 10 knots from the east-southeast.


UNCERTAINTIES: The anomaly tested negative for vegetation as seen in this false color image. The absence of thick oil and a definitive point source reduced confidence. While a point source could not be determined there was a concentration of vessels and boreholes on the western side of the anomaly.

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

ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html#/layers=1+50008&x=-88.0372815&y=28.891587&z=11&panel=layer

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