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Right now: Moon at 26°47' Aquarius, Sun at 28°25' Cancer |
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Onshore oil spills & Ocean oil spills
Onshore oil spills & Ocean oil spills
| Name, Place |
Date |
Cause |
Tons |
| Ixtoc I oil well, S Gulf of Mexico |
Jun 3, 1979 |
Blowout |
600 000 |
| Nowruz oil field, Persian Gulf |
Feb 1983 |
Blowout |
600 000 |
| Persian Gulf |
began Jan 23, 1991 |
Spillage by Iraq |
445 000 |
| Atlantic Empress & Aegean Captain, off Trinidad and Tobago |
Jul 19, 1979 |
Collision |
300 000 |
| Castilo de Bellver, Off Cape Town, South Africa |
Aug 6, 1983 |
Fire |
250 000 |
| Amoco Cadiz, near Portsall, France |
Mar 16, 1978 |
Grounding |
223 000 |
| Torrey Canyon, Off Land's End, England |
Mar 18, 1967 |
Grounding |
119 000 |
| Sea Star, Gulf of Oman |
Dec 19, 1972 |
Collision |
115 000 |
| Urquiola, La Coruna, Spain |
May 12, 1976 |
Grounding |
100 000 |
| Hawaiian Patriot, North Pacific |
Feb 25, 1977 |
Fire |
99 000 |
| Braer, off Shetland Islands |
Jan 5, 1993 |
Grounding |
88 000 |
| Aegean Sea, off N Spain |
Dec 3, 1992 |
Unknown |
75 000 |
| Othello, Tralhavet Bay, Sweden |
Mar 20, 1970 |
Collision |
60 000 |
| Sea Empress, off SW Wales |
Feb 15, 1996 |
Grounding |
60 000 |
| World Glory, off South Africa |
Jun 13, 1968 |
Hull failure |
46 000 |
| Exxon Valdez, Prince William Sound, Alaska |
Mar 24, 1989 |
Grounding |
35 000 |
| Keo, off Massachusetts, USA |
Nov 5, 1969 |
Hull failure |
30 000 |
| Storage tank, Sewaren, New Jersey, USA |
Nov 4, 1969 |
Tank rupture |
28 000 |
| Ekofisk oil field, North Sea |
Apr 22, 1977 |
Well blowout |
28 000 |
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