Oil or fuel facility

Johnson Bayou — Apollo Energy oil spill

11 June 2026

Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States

What happened

Apollo Energy reported an oil spill at Johnson Bayou beside the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. NOAA said fewer than 50 barrels reached adjacent marsh and shoreline, while an estimated 120 barrels remained inside a containment berm for recovery. The Coast Guard and an oil-spill removal organization conducted cleanup; the source equipment and operational impact were not specified.

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Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Oil or fuel facility
Latitude
29.7600°
Longitude
-93.6700°

Attribution

Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.

Sources

  1. Oil Spill into Johnson Bayou; Southwest LouisianaNOAA IncidentNews; U.S. Coast Guard · Incident reporting