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Shell Pipeline Spill Vince Bayou (FPN E13612)

 
Site Contact:
Warren Zehner
On Scene Coordinator

(zehner.warren@epa.gov)

Site Location:
300 N. Richey
Pasadena, TX 77506
 response.epa.gov/shellvincebayou
NRC#: 1042868

A spill of 700 barrels of oil from a Shell Pipeline was reported in Pasadena, Texas. Approximately 50 bbls (RP estimate) of oil has entered Vince Bayou via a storm drain. Oil has been contained and RP is in the process of recovering oil in the water and the remaining oil that poses a threat of discharge to the bayou.


View of oil contamination delineation geoprobe operations and temporary recovery well installation operations with oil/water/tracer impacted soil in foreground, facing west. , View of tracer dye and water atop soil at suspected release point, facing north. , View of air monitor deployed downwind of skimmer operations, between residential area, facing north. , View of sorbent and barrier boom deployed north of Highway 223, spanning Vince Bayou, facing west , View of stormwater outfall and boom spanning Vince Bayou adjacent to homes south of W. Richey Street, facing east. , View of oil contained by boom with skimmer, just south of W. Richey Street, in Vince Bayou, facing east. , Close-up view of oil and sheen adjacent to sorbent boom, facing north.
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.