Alaska officials respond to mystery spill near idled Cook Inlet oil platform

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 544

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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State and industry officials and the U.S. Coast Guard were responding on Tuesday to an unexplained oil spill roughly 60 miles southwest of Anchorage in Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

The spill, which produced a long oil sheen on the water near the Trading Bay area on the western side of the inlet, was first spotted by a pilot on Monday. His report prompted a multiagency response.

The multiagency unified command is composed of the Alaska …

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