Chevron Pipeline, Mississippi Barge Meet; Fire

Updates

March 13, 2013: no oil spill; no oil sheen seen on the water; fire burning itself out. Rigzone is reporting:.

A fire is still burning nearly a full day after a tug pushing a barge crashed into a pipeline in a bayou south of New Orleans Tuesday evening, but the Coast Guard said there is no visible oil in the water.

Earlier Wednesday, the Coast Guard had said a mile-long sheen was visible near the site of the incident, but it now says that was actually ash from the burn of the liquefied gas in the pipeline.

The pipeline fire is now about 30% smaller than it was earlier in the day, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

And so it goes. 

Original Post

Link here to ABCNews.

A pipeline fire that was ignited when the pipe was hit by a tug boat pushing an oil barge burned into the early morning hours Wednesday in a bayou south of New Orleans.

There was still liquid petroleum gas in the 19-mile pipeline and authorities were waiting for it to burn out, Coast Guard Petty Officer Alex Washington said. 

No deaths but the captain of the barge suffered 3rd degree burns and has been transferred to a burn center. The fire will be allowed to burn itself out.