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Oil platform sinking Grand Banks, Newfoundland 81 (Canadian fatalities only) 1954 Hurricane Hazel: Hurricane: Ontario 79 1957 Maritime Central Airways Flight 315: Plane crash Issoudun, Quebec 78 1914 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster: Storm Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland Fatalities from the SS Southern Cross are excluded 77 1927
Oil spills in Canada (1 C, 3 P) P. ... Pages in category "Energy accidents and incidents in Canada" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Oil and hydroelectric follow at around 25 percent each, followed by natural gas at 9 percent and coal at 2 percent. [3] Excluding Chernobyl and the Shimantan Dam, the three other most expensive accidents involved the Exxon Valdez oil spill (Alaska), The Prestige oil spill (Spain), and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident (Pennsylvania). [3]
Rail accident Burlington, Ontario: Central Canada 3 2013 June 20 – July 12: 2013 Alberta floods: Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region: Prairies 5 2013 July 6: Lac-Mégantic rail disaster: Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec: Central Canada 47 2013 September 18: Ottawa bus–train crash: Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central ...
2010: Dalian Pipeline disaster – The explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, on July 17, 2010, caused fatalities, damages and an ecological disaster, releasing 11,000 barrels of oil into the Yellow Sea, and covering up, according to different sources, from 50 to 430 km 2 of sea and coast lines.
November 20, 1980: A Texaco oil rig drilled into a salt mine transforming Lake Peigneur, a freshwater lake before the accident, into a saltwater lake. February 15, 1982: Newfoundland, Canada. The mobile offshore oil rig Ocean Ranger was struck by a rogue wave off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada and sank with the loss of all 84 crew.
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.
Pages in category "Oil spills in Canada" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. SS Arrow; K.