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This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons , 256 Imperial gallons , 7.33 barrels , or 1165 litres .
An oil spill seen in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 16, 2023 Efforts continued this week to contain an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began last week and has now grown to more than a million ...
Oil spills in the United States (2 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Oil spills in North America" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. SS Atlantic Empress; O.
August 2024 oil spill caused by attacks on the tanker Sounion; Location: Red Sea, "77 nautical miles to the West of Al Hudaydah": Coordinates: 1]: Date: 22 August 2024: Cause; Cause: Destruction of the oil tanker Sounion by Houthi militants: Operator: Delta Tankers: Spill characteristics; Volume: Up to 150,000 tons (~1 million barrels) of petroleum: The attacks on the MT Sounion refers to ...
Two pipeline operators have agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty related to crude oil spills in Montana and North Dakota. Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and Bridger Pipeline LLC will pay ...
Space Age Fuel has agreed to pay $135,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency and $72,000 to the Department of Environmental Quality.
Odyssey, which previously went by the name Oriental Phoenix, was an oil tanker in operation from 1971 to November 10, 1988, when an explosion caused it to sink in the North Atlantic off the coast of Canada. [1] The resulting spill remains one of the largest oil spills in world history.
The Brent Spar oil storage buoy. Brent Spar, known as Brent "E", was a North Sea oil storage and tanker loading buoy in the Brent oilfield, operated by Shell UK.With the completion of a pipeline connection to the oil terminal at Sullom Voe in Shetland, the storage facility had continued in use, but by 1991, was considered to be of no further value.