List of oil spills

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This is a list of oil spills throughout the world.

One tonne of crude oil is roughly equal to 308 US gallons, or 7.33 barrels. The amounts shown are inexact.

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[edit] Large

Oil spills of over 100,000 tonnes or 30 million US gallons, ordered by tonnes
Spill / Tanker Location Date Tons of crude oil link
Gulf War oil spill Persian Gulf January 23, 1991 780,000–1,500,000 [1] [2] [3]
Ixtoc I oil well Gulf of Mexico June 3, 1979 - March 23, 1980 454,000–480,000 [4] [5]
Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain Trinidad and Tobago July 19, 1979 287,000 [6] [7]
Fergana Valley Uzbekistan March 2, 1992 285,000 [8]
Nowruz Field Platform Persian Gulf February 4, 1983 260,000 [9]
ABT Summer 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Angola May 28, 1991 260,000 [10]
Castillo de Bellver Saldanha Bay, South Africa August 6, 1983 252,000 [11]
Amoco Cadiz Brittany, France March 16, 1978 223,000 [12] [13] [14]
Haven Tanker Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy April 11, 1991 144,000 [15]
Odyssey 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Nova Scotia, Canada November 10, 1988 132,000 [16]
Sea Star Gulf of Oman December 19, 1972 115,000 [17] [18]
Torrey Canyon Scilly Isles, UK March 18, 1967 80,000–119,000 [19] [20]
Irenes Serenade Navarino Bay, Greece 1980 100,000 [21]
Urquiola A Coruña, Spain May 12, 1976 100,000 [22]

[edit] Others

Incomplete list of other notable oil spills, ordered by date
Spill / Tanker Location Date Tonnes of crude oil link
Hebei Spirit oil spill Yellow Sea, South Korea 7 December 2007 10,800 [23] [24]
Kerch Strait Oil Spill Strait of Kerch, Ukraine and Russia November 11, 2007 1000 [25]
2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill San Francisco, CA November 7, 2007 188 [26]
Guimaras oil spill Philippines August 11, 2006 172–1540 [27]
Jiyeh power station oil spill Lebanon July 14, July 15, 2006 20,000–30,000 [28]
Citgo refinery Lake Charles, LA June 19, 2006 ~6,500

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Prudhoe Bay Alaska North Slope March 2, 2006 866 [30]
Selendang Ayu Unalaska Island, Alaska, USA December 8, 2004 1560 [31]
Athos 1 Delaware River, USA November 26, 2004 860
Tasman Spirit Karachi, Pakistan July 28, 2003 28,000–30,000 [32] [33]
Bouchard No. 120 Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA April 27, 2003 320 [34]
Prestige Galicia, Spain November 13, 2002 63,000 [35] [36]
Limburg bombing Gulf of Aden October 6, 2002 12,200
Jessica Galapagos Islands January, 2001 568 [37] [38]
Amorgos Oil Spill Southern coast of Taiwan January 14, 2001 1,150 [39]
Treasure Cape Town, South Africa June, 2000 1,400 [40]
(ruptured pipeline) Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro January, 2000 1,100 [41]
Erika Bay of Biscay, France December 12, 1999 15,000–25,000 [42] [43]
Mobil Nigeria Oil Spill Nigeria January 12, 1998 5,500 [44]
Nakhodka Sea of Japan December, 1997 19,000 [45]
Julie N. Portland, Maine, USA September 27, 1996 586 [46]
Sea Empress Wales, UK February 15, 1996 40,000–72,000 [47] [48]
North Cape Rhode Island, USA January 19, 1996 2,500 [49]
Seki United Arab Emirates March 31, 1994 15,900 [50]
Braer Shetland Islands, UK January 5, 1993 85,000 [51]
Aegean Sea A Coruña, Spain December 3, 1992 74,000 [52]
Fergana Valley Uzbekistan March 2, 1992 285,000 [53]
Katina P Maputo, Mozambique 1992 72,000 [54]
Haven Tanker Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy 1991 144,000 [55]
ABT Summer 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Angola 1991 260,000 [56]
American Trader California, USA 1990 980 [57]
Mega Borg Gulf of Mexico, 57 miles southeast of Galveston Texas 1990 16,500 [58]
Exxon Valdez Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA March 24, 1989 37,000 [59] [60]
Khark 5 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Atlantic coast of Morocco 1989 70,000–80,000 [61] [62]
Ashland Oil Spill Floreffe, Pennsylvania, USA January 2, 1988 10,000 [63] [64]
Odyssey 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Nova Scotia, Canada 1988 132,000 [65]
Grand Eagle Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA September 28, 1985 1400
Nova Off Kharg Island, Gulf of Iran 1985 70,000 [66]
Castillo de Bellver Saldanha Bay, South Africa August 6, 1983 252,000 [67]
Nowruz oil field Persian Gulf February, 1983 260,000 [68]
Irenes Serenade Navarino Bay, Greece 1980 100,000 [69]
Tanio Brittany, France 7 March 1980 13,500 [70]
Burmah Agate Galveston Bay, Texas, USA November 1, 1979 8,440 [71]
Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain Trinidad and Tobago July 19, 1979 287,000 [72] [73]
World Glory South Africa January 8, 1979  ?
MT Independenţa Bosphorus, Turkey November 15, 1979 95,000 [74]
Amoco Cadiz Brittany, France March 16, 1978 227,000 [75] [76]
Ekofisk oil field North Sea April 22, 1977 81,000
Hawaiian Patriot 300 nautical miles (600 km) off Honolulu, Hawaii February 26, 1977 95,000 [77][78]
Argo Merchant Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA December 15, 1976 25,000 - 28,000

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Urquiola A Coruña, Spain May 12, 1976 100,000 [81]
Corinthos Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA January 31, 1975 35,700
Jakob Maersk Oporto, Portugal January 29, 1975 88,000 [82]
Metula Strait of Magellan, Chile 9 August 1974 50,000-51,000 [83]
Sea Star Gulf of Oman December 19, 1972 115,000 [84] [85]
Othello Tralhavet Bay, Sweden March 20, 1970 50,000–60,000 [86] [87]
Keo Massachusetts, USA November 5, 1969  ?
(storage tank) Sewaren, New Jersey, USA November 4, 1969  ?
1969 Santa Barbara oil spill Santa Barbara, California January 28, 1969 10,000-14,000 [88]
Betelgeuse Bantry Bay, Ireland June 13, 1968 64,000
Torrey Canyon Scilly Isles, UK March 18, 1967 80,000–119,000 [89] [90]
African Queen Ocean City, Maryland December 30, 1958  ?
Greenpoint, Brooklyn Oil Spill Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1940s and 1950s 55,200–97,400 [91]

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