List of oil spills

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Below is presented a chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and incidents that are currently at risk.
The measurement of quantities used is one tonne of crude oil that is roughly equal to 308 US gallons, or 7.33 barrels. The amounts shown are inexact.

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Ongoing

Spill / Vessel Location Date Full cargo (tons) Spilled (tons) Link Notes
Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico,  USA April 20, 2010 14,000-68,000+ [1][2][3][4][5] Following an explosion on the drilling rig, an underwater well is leaking oil into the Gulf.

Occurred

Spill / Vessel Location Date Tonnes of crude oil link
2010 Great Barrier Reef oil spill / Shen Neng 1 Great Keppel Island,  Australia April 3, 2010 3-4 [6][7][8]
2010 Port Arthur oil spill Port Arthur, Texas,  Texas,  USA January 23, 2010 1,500 [9]
Montara oil spill Timor Sea,  Western Australia,  Australia August 21, 2009 4,000-30,000 [10][11]
Full City, Rognsfjorden Rognsfjorden near Såstein south of Langesund,  Norway July 31, 2009 200 [12]
2009 Queensland oil spill  Queensland,  Australia March 10, 2009 230+
West Cork oil spill Southern coast of  Ireland February 2009 300~
2008 New Orleans oil spill  New Orleans,  Louisiana,  USA July 28, 2008 8,800~ [13]
2007 Statfjord oil spill Norwegian Sea,  Norway December 12, 2007 4,000 [14]
2007 Korea oil spill Yellow Sea,  South Korea December 7, 2007 10,800 [15][16]
Kerch Strait oil spill Strait of Kerch,  Ukraine &  Russia November 11, 2007 1,000 [17]
2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill  San Francisco,  California,  USA November 7, 2007 188 [18]
Kab 101 Bay of Campeche,  Mexico October 23, 2007 – December 17, 2007 1,869 [19]
Guimaras oil spill  Philippines August 11, 2006 172–1,540 [20]
Jiyeh power station oil spill  Lebanon July 14, 2006 – July 15, 2006 20,000–30,000 [20]
Citgo refinery Lake Charles,  Louisiana,  USA June 19, 2006 6,500~

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Prudhoe Bay Alaska North Slope,  Alaska,  USA March 2, 2006 866 [22]
MV Selendang Ayu Unalaska Island,  Alaska,  USA December 8, 2004 1,560 [23]
Athos 1 Delaware River,  USA November 26, 2004 860
Tasman Spirit Karachi,  Pakistan July 28, 2003 28,000–30,000 [24][25]
Bouchard No. 120 Buzzards Bay, Bourne,  Massachusetts,  USA April 27, 2003 320 [26]
Prestige  Galicia,  Spain November 13, 2002 63,000 [27][28]
Limburg (bombing) Gulf of Aden October 6, 2002 12,200
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (shot by drunk hunter) Alaska October 4, 2001 932 [29]
Amorgos oil spill Southern coast of  Taiwan January 14, 2001 1,150 [30]
Jessica Galapagos Islands,  Ecuador January 2001 568 [31][32]
Treasure Cape Town,  South Africa June 2000 1,400 [31]
(ruptured pipeline) Guanabara Bay,  Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil January 2000 1,100 [31]
Erika Bay of Biscay,  France December 12, 1999 15,000–25,000 [31][23]
Mobil Nigeria oil spill  Nigeria January 12, 1998 5,500 [23]
Nakhoda Sea of Japan December 1997 19,000 [31]
Julie N. Portland,  Maine,  USA September 27, 1996 586 [33]
Sea Empress  Wales,  UK February 15, 1996 40,000–72,000 [23][27]
North Cape  Rhode Island,  USA January 19, 1996 2,500 [34]
Seki  United Arab Emirates March 31, 1994 15,900 [23]
Morris J. Berman oil spill  Puerto Rico January 7, 1994 109,000 [35]
Braer  Shetland,  UK January 5, 1993 85,000 [27]
Aegean Sea A Coruña,  Spain December 3, 1992 74,000 [27]
Fergana Valley  Uzbekistan March 2, 1992 285,000 [23]
Katina P Maputo,  Mozambique 1992 72,000 [27]
Kirki tanker Pacific ocean, off the coast of West  Australia July 21, 1991 17,280 [36]
ABT Summer 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off  Angola May 28, 1991 260,000 [27]
MT Haven Mediterranean Sea near Genoa,  Italy April 11, 1991 144,000 [27]
Gulf War oil spill Persian Gulf January 23, 1991 780,000–1,500,000 [31][23]
Mega Borg Gulf of Mexico, 57 mi (92 km) SE of Galveston,  Texas,  USA 1990 16,500 [37]
American Trader Bolsa Chica State Beach,  California,  USA 1990 980 [23][38]
Exxon Valdez Prince William Sound,  Alaska,  USA March 24, 1989 37,000 [27][39]
Khark 5 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Atlantic coast of  Morocco 1989 70,000–80,000 [23][27]
Odyssey 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off  Nova Scotia,  Canada November 10, 1988 132,000 [27]
Ashland oil spill Floreffe,  Pennsylvania,  USA January 2, 1988 10,000 [40][41]
Grand Eagle Delaware River, Marcus Hook,  Pennsylvania,  USA September 28, 1985 1,400
Nova Off Kharg Island, Gulf of Iran 1985 70,000 [27]
Castillo de Bellver Saldanha Bay,  South Africa August 6, 1983 252,000 [27]
Nowruz Field Platform Persian Gulf February 4, 1983 260,000 [42]
Tanio  Brittany,  France March 7, 1980 13,500 [43]
Irenes Serenade Navarino Bay,  Greece 1980 100,000 [27]
MT Independenţa Bosphorus,  Turkey November 15, 1979 95,000 [27]
Burmah Agate Galveston Bay,  Texas,  USA November 1, 1979 8,440 [44]
Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain  Trinidad and Tobago July 19, 1979 287,000 [27][45][46]
Ixtoc I oil well Gulf of Mexico June 3, 1979 – March 23, 1980 454,000–480,000 [47][48]
Betelgeuse Bantry Bay,  Ireland January 8, 1979 64,000 [49]
Amoco Cadiz  Brittany,  France March 16, 1978 223,000–227,000 [23][23][27][50][51]
Ekofisk oil field North Sea April 22, 1977 81,000
Hawaiian Patriot 300 nautical miles (600 km) off Honolulu,  Hawaii,  USA February 26, 1977 95,000 [23][27]
Argo Merchant Nantucket Island,  Massachusetts,  USA December 15, 1976 25,000–28,000

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NEPCO 140 oil spill Saint Lawrence River,  USA June 23, 1976 1,000 [54][55]
Urquiola A Coruña,  Spain May 12, 1976 100,000 [27]
Corinthos Delaware River, Marcus Hook,  Pennsylvania,  USA January 31, 1975 35,700
Jakob Maersk Oporto,  Portugal January 29, 1975 88,000 [27]
Metula Strait of Magellan,  Chile August 9, 1974 50,000–51,000 [56]
Sea Star Gulf of Oman December 19, 1972 115,000 [23][27]
Othello Tralhavet Bay,  Sweden March 20, 1970 50,000–60,000 [31][23]
1969 Santa Barbara oil spill Santa Barbara,  California,  USA January 28, 1969 10,000–14,000 [57]
Torrey Canyon Isles of Scilly,  UK March 18, 1967 80,000–119,000 [23][27]
African Queen Ocean City,  Maryland,  USA December 30, 1958 21,000 [58][59]
Greenpoint, Brooklyn oil spill Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn,  New York,  USA 1940s & 1950s 55,200–97,400 [60]

Global total

Statistic Date Tonnes of crude oil link
Mean (67 lower–upper) 1940 – July 31, 2009 72,369.69 – 86,019.96
Std. Deviation (67 lower–upper) 1940 – July 31, 2009 124,460.3 – 196,325.9
Median (67 lower–upper) 1940 – July 31, 2009 20,000 – 28,000
TOTAL (67 lower–upper) 1940 – July 31, 2009 4,848,769 – 5,763,337

See also

References

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