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Oil tanker World Encouragement oil spill – 1979 [5] Appin coal mine explosion resulting in the death of 14 miners – 1979; Oil tanker Esso Gippsland oil spill – 1982 [6] Moura coal mine roof fall and explosion – 1986 [7] Collinsville Coal Roof collapse in mine shaft – 1988 [8] Crude oil tanker Arthur Phillip oil spill – 1990 [9]
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 .
A whale and calf swimming near the site of the Montara oil spill. Biologists said that the effects of the Montara oil spill could be catastrophic for marine ecosystems, with claims that although it is a lightweight crude oil spilling from the platform, it can still have toxic effects on birds, marine invertebrates, coral and marine algae. [5]
Pages in category "Oil spills in Australia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... 2010 Great Barrier Reef oil spill; I. MV Iron Baron (1985 ...
Last month, we saw a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico go up in flames. You may not have heard about it, though, because that rig was drilling for natural gas, so the threat of environmental ...
The largest spill to date was the Kirki tanker in 1991 which dropped 17,280 tonnes of oil off the coast of Western Australia. In March 2009, the 2009 southeast Queensland oil spill occurred, where 200,000 litres were spilled from the MV Pacific Adventurer spilling more than 250 tonnes of oil, 30 tonnes of fuel and other toxic chemicals on ...
Australia's first major oil spill occurred off Point Nepean in 1903, with the wreck of SS Petriana. It remained Australia's largest oil spill until 1975. [7] Point Nepean Post Office opened on 1 April 1859 but was closed by 1865. [8] Fortifications were built from 1878. Gun batteries were installed at Fort Nepean in 1886 and Eagles Nest in 1888.
The 2010 Great Barrier Reef oil spill occurred on 3 April 2010, when the Chinese bulk coal carrier, MV Shen Neng 1 ran aground east of Rockhampton in Central Queensland, Australia. [1] The vessel is owned by Shenzhen Energy Transport Co. Ltd. [2] The ship was more than 10 km outside the shipping lane.