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KCM Management Inc (E15621)

 
Site Contact:
Jhana Enders
OSC

(enders.jhana@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Bayou Gauche, LA 70030
 response.epa.gov/FPNE15621

Leaking 14,000' orphan oil production well known as Simoneaux No. 10 (LDNR Well SN 51300) and an associated abandoned oil production facility located near the city of Bayou Gauche, St Charles Parish, LA within the Bayou Des Allemands Oil and Gas Field. The orphaned well and abandoned facility are located at Latitude 29.78059° North / Longitude 90.39033° West and Latitude 29.78080° North / Longitude 90.39566° West, respectively. Spill pathway; Bayou Gauche to Bayou des Allemands to Lake Salvador Wildlife Management Area.  OSC Enders, an EPA Team, and LDNR will be onsite to plug the well and remove the oil production equipment. 


City of Bayou Gauche, LA (Flooding) Flooding (City of Bayou Gauche, LA) Coil Tubing Unit (CTU) - 4 Coil Tubing Unit (CTU) - 3 Coil Tubing Unit (CTU) - 2 Coil Tubing Unit (CTU) - 1 Oil Barge getting to site location Oil Barge getting to site location Oil Barge Oil Barge Oil Barge KCM Management, Inc. Tank Batter SW General Development Inc., S.J. Simoneaux Tank Battery, Bayou des Allemands Field, St Charles Parish, LA SW General Development Inc., S.J. Simoneaux Tank Battery, Bayou des Allemands Field, St Charles Parish, LA SW General Development Inc., S.J. Simoneaux Tank Battery, Bayou des Allemands Field, St Charles Parish, LA Simoneaux #10 (SN51300) Top flange leak; Simoneaux #10; SN51300 Bottom flange leak; Simoneaux #10; SN51300 Simoneaux #10 (SN51300) Contingency Boom Deployment USES Response Contractor Downstream notification and spill response exercise (Setting Boom) USES Response Contractor Downstream notification and spill response exercise (Setting Boom) USES Response Contractor Downstream notification and spill response exercise USES Response Contractor Downstream notification and spill response exercise