National Ocean Service Aids Well #59 Incident Response

13 May 2025
Edited By: Kadesha Dsilva

NOAA’s National Ocean Service is aiding in the response to an oil and natural gas release in a marsh environment near the Spectrum OpCo, LLC, Garden Island Bay Production Facility company's well in Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana.

An overflight displays the affected area of marsh environment near Garden Island Bay, Louisiana on April 27, 2025. A safety zone has been enacted in the area, and a boom has been placed to contain the released product. (Image credit: US Coast Guard)

NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration is providing on-scene scientific support, including providing oil spill trajectory analyses and forecasts, identifying potential resources at risk, assisting with overflights of the spill, and integrating aerial and on-water observations into spatial maps for use by responders. NOAA Satellites is providing remote satellite support to NOS and the US Coast Guard.