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Lake Dauterive Well Oil Spill

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View of the leaking oil well with containment boom deployed around it.<br />Date Taken: 8/14/2026<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.0438863362991<br />Longitude: -91.6053367496818<br />Tags:
View of the area around the leaking well and cofferdam with active oil recovery being conducted via a drum skimmer.<br />Date Taken: 8/14/2026<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.0438995241877<br />Longitude: -91.6053444742522<br />Tags:
View of state contractors collecting oil via a drum skimmer on the surface water column along with a vacuum hose in the cofferdam.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2026<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.0438748663303<br />Longitude: -91.6052731275477<br />Tags:
View of sorbent and hard boom deployed around the cofferdam.<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2026<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.0437796711288<br />Longitude: -91.6053906082698<br />Tags:
View of EPA OSC and LOSCO representative conducting a final site walk and assessing the area around the cofferdam.<br />Date Taken: 8/17/2026<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.0438860111907<br />Longitude: -91.6053283810698<br />Tags: