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Pacific Region

Spills ≥ 50 Barrels (2,100 gallons) – 1990

May 7, 1990 - Texaco Producing Inc.

Pollution: 100 bbl Mineral Oil from Mud Operation: Drilling
Rig: Platform: Platform Habitat
Well A-19, Pitas Point		 Lease: P00234
Area: Block: 6B (Santa Barbara Channel)
5064		 Cause: Human Error: judgement
Distance to Shore: 8 Miles Water Depth: 290 Feet

Remarks: In an effort to free stuck pipe, mineral oil mud was to be circulated down hole. However, the incorrectly repositioned the standpipe by leaving the valve closed, and 144 bbls of mineral oil mud (100 bbl of mineral oil) were circulated into the sea. Response: realigned valves to circulate down drill pipe.

NRC Report: 20807

 

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