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Spills ≥ 50 Barrels (2,100 gallons) – 1965

June 21, 1965 (6-7 days) - Continental Oil Company

Pollution: 500 bbl Crude Oil Operation: Abandonment
Rig/Platform: Platform A Lease: N/A
Area:
Block:		 Eugene Island
208		 Cause: Leak: wellhead assembly
Distance to Shore: 48 Miles Water Depth: 94 Feet

Remarks: The platform had been severely damaged months earlier by Hurricane Hilda on October 3, 1964. The wellhead assembly began to leak during operations to plug and abandon and remove the platform. Response: the leak stopped when cemented well. Event ended 6/27/1965.

July 19, 1965 (8 days) - Pan American Petroleum Corp.

Pollution: 1,688 bbl Condensate Operation: Drilling
Rig/Platform: Well No. 7 Lease: N/A
Area:
Block:		 Ship Shoal
29		 Cause: Unknown
Distance to Shore: 7 Miles Water Depth: 15 Feet
Other Events: Loss of Well Control

Remarks: EXPLORATION SPILL. Gas & condensate blowout, 17,086 ft. Response: killed well with drilling mud. Minimal damage. Event ended 7/26/1965.

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