Incidents Gallery

[NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker EXXON VALDEZ incident, Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 1989. Responder checks the gills of a contaminated fish. Tanker EXXON VALDEZ incident, Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 1989. Bags of oiled waste. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Oil-covered lower stalk of Spartina grass in marsh habitat on East Timbalier Island. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Fire-fighters work at putting out the fire on the Greenhill Petroleum Corporation oil rig. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Oil slick and oil streamers from the Greenhill Petroleum oil rig. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Oil-covered lower stalk of Spartina grass on East Timbalier Island. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Plume of smoke rises from the burning wellhead of the Greenhill Petroleum oil rig. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. A boom successfully contains spilled oil on the water of Timbalier Bay. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. A researcher does solvent extractions and free water analysis during the incident. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Oil on water and vegetation at Greenhill operations. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Containment booms and work boats and the Greenhill Petroleum oil rig burning in the background. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Black oil and brown mousse in marsh. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Sorbents are placed on the water to absorb oil in marsh. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Cleanup workers watch as plumes of black smoke rise from the burning wellhead on the Greenhill Petroleum oil rig. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Containment booms are effective in containing the oil spilling from the Greenhill oil rig. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Absorbent pads are placed on the water. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. NOAA personnel during the Greenhill blowout incident. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Responder removes a sample of oil from a containment boom during the Greenhill blowout. Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Firefighters work at extinguishing the burning wellhead on the Greenhill Petroleum oil rig. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Greenhill Well Blowout incident, Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, September 1992. Oiled vegetation on the shore of East Timbalier Island.

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