Dalco Passage Polar Texas-Conoco Phillips spill

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Crude oil release by the Polar Texas, owned and operated by Conoco-Phillips.

Summary information

Date of incident: October 13, 2004

Location:

Dalco Passage, Quartermaster Harbor

Type of incident: ANS crude oil spill - 59 tons of oily debris from shorelines; 6842 gallons of oily water

Cause of incident: Under negotiation

Responsible party: ConocoPhillips

Dalco Passage oil sheen. Photo from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

7,200 gallons of crude oil released in Puget Sound was eventually traced back to the Polar Texas, owned and operated by Conoco-Phillips.

U.S. Coast Guard and Ecology contractors conducted a cleanup of oil on water and impacted shorelines.

Ty Keltner, Media contact, ty.keltner@ecy.wa.gov, 360-407-6990

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