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.

1 Large
2 Others
3 See also
4 External links

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

[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	[21] [22]
Kerch Strait Oil Spill	Strait of Kerch, Ukraine and Russia	November 11, 2007	1000	[23]
2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill	San Francisco, CA	November 7, 2007	188	[24]
Guimaras oil spill	Philippines	August 11, 2006	172–1540	[25]
Jiyeh power station oil spill	Lebanon	July 14, July 15, 2006	20,000–30,000	[26]
Citgo refinery	Lake Charles, LA	June 19, 2006	~6,500	[27]
Prudhoe Bay	Alaska North Slope	March 2, 2006	866	[28]
Selendang Ayu	Unalaska Island, Alaska, USA	December 8, 2004	1560	[29]
Athos 1	Delaware River, USA	November 26, 2004	860
Tasman Spirit	Karachi, Pakistan	July 28, 2003	10,000–28,000	[30] [31]
Bouchard No. 120	Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA	April 27, 2003	320	[32]
Prestige	Galicia, Spain	November 13, 2002	63,000	[33] [34]
Jessica	Galapagos Islands	January, 2001	568	[35] [36]
Amorgos Oil Spill	Southern coast of Taiwan	January, 2001	1,150	[37]
Treasure	Cape Town, South Africa	June, 2000	1,400	[38]
(ruptured pipeline)	Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro	January, 2000	1,100	[39]
Erika	Bay of Biscay, France	December 12, 1999	15,000–25,000	[40] [41]
Mobil Nigeria Oil Spill	Nigeria	January 12, 1998	5,500	[42]
Nakhodka	Sea of Japan	December, 1997	19,000	[43]
Julie N.	Portland, Maine, USA	September 27 1996	586	[44]
Sea Empress	Wales, UK	February 15, 1996	40,000–72,000	[45] [46]
North Cape	Rhode Island, USA	January 19, 1996	2,500	[47]
Seki	United Arab Emirates	March 31, 1994	15,900	[48]
Braer	Shetland Islands, UK	January 5, 1993	85,000	[49]
Aegean Sea	A Coruña, Spain	December 3, 1992	74,000	[50]
Fergana Valley	Uzbekistan	March 2, 1992	285,000	[51]
Katina P	Maputo, Mozambique	1992	72,000	[52]
Haven Tanker	Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy	1991	144,000	[53]
ABT Summer	700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Angola	1991	260,000	[54]
American Trader	California, USA	1990	980	[55]
Exxon Valdez	Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA	March 24, 1989	37,000	[56] [57]
Khark 5	120 nautical miles (220 km) off Atlantic coast of Morocco	1989	70,000–80,000	[58] [59]
Ashland Oil Spill	Floreffe, Pennsylvania, USA	January, 1988	?	[60]
Odyssey	700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Nova Scotia, Canada	1988	132,000	[61]
Grand Eagle	Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA	September 28, 1985	1400
Nova	Off Kharg Island, Gulf of Iran	1985	70,000	[62]
Castillo de Bellver	Saldanha Bay, South Africa	August 6, 1983	252,000	[63]
Nowruz oil field	Persian Gulf	February, 1983	260,000	[64]
Irenes Serenade	Navarino Bay, Greece	1980	100,000	[65]
Burmah Agate	Galveston Bay, Texas, USA	November 1, 1979	?
Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain	Trinidad and Tobago	July 19, 1979	287,000	[66] [67]
Independenta	Bosphorus, Turkey	1979	95,000	[68]
Amoco Cadiz	Brittany, France	March 16, 1978	223,000	[69] [70]
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	[71][72]
Argo Merchant	Nantucket Island	December 21, 1976	25,000	[73]
Urquiola	A Coruña, Spain	May 12, 1976	100,000	[74]
Corinthos	Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA	January 31, 1975	35,700
Jakob Maersk	Oporto, Portugal	1975	88,000	[75]
Sea Star	Gulf of Oman	December 19, 1972	115,000	[76] [77]
Othello	Tralhavet Bay, Sweden	March 20, 1970	50,000–60,000	[78] [79]
Keo	Massachusetts, USA	November 5, 1969	?
(storage tank)	Sewaren, New Jersey, USA	November 4, 1969	?
World Glory	South Africa	January 8, 1979	?
Betelgeuse	Bantry Bay, Ireland	June 13, 1968	64,000
Torrey Canyon	Scilly Isles, UK	March 18, 1967	80,000–119,000	[80] [81]
Greenpoint, Brooklyn Oil Spill	Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA	1940s and 1950s	55,200–97,400	[82]