|
March 1967
|
off Cornwall, England
|
grounding of Torrey Canyon |
134
|
35.4
|
|
June 1968
|
off South Africa
|
hull failure of World Glory |
42
|
11
|
|
December 1972
|
Gulf of Oman
|
collision of Sea Star with another ship
|
117
|
31
|
|
May 1976
|
La Coruña, Spain
|
grounding of the Urquiola |
68-79
|
18-21
|
|
December 1976
|
Nantucket (MA), United States
|
grounding of Argo Merchant |
28.4
|
7.5
|
|
February 1977
|
mid-Pacific
|
Hawaiian Patriot develops leak and catches fire
|
114
|
30
|
|
April 1977
|
North Sea
|
blowout of well in Ekofisk oil field
|
307
|
81
|
|
March 1978
|
Portsall, Brittany, France
|
grounding of the Amoco Cadiz |
257
|
68
|
|
June 1979
|
Gulf of Mexico
|
blowout of well in Ixtoc 1
|
681
|
180
|
|
July 1979
|
off Tobago, Caribbean
|
collision of the Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain |
420
|
111
|
|
February 1983
|
Persian Gulf
|
blowout of well in Nowruz oil field
|
681
|
180
|
|
August 1983
|
off Cape Town, South Africa
|
fire on board the Castillo de Bellver |
284
|
75
|
|
September 1985
|
Delaware River, United States
|
grounding of Grand Eagle |
1.9
|
0.5
|
|
January 1988
|
Floreffe (PA), United States
|
collapsing of Ashland oil storage tank
|
2.6-3.0
|
0.7-0.8
|
|
March 1989
|
Prince William Sound, off Alaskan Coast
|
grounding of Exxon Valdez |
41.3
|
10.9
|
|
June 1989
|
Canary Islands
|
fire on board the Kharg-5 |
73.8
|
19.5
|
|
January 1991
|
Sea Island Terminal of Persian Gulf
|
deliberate release of oil by Iraqi troops at end of Persian Gulf War
|
908
|
240
|
|
January 1993
|
Shetland Islands, Scotland
|
grounding of Braer |
148
|
39
|
|
August 1993
|
Tampa Bay, United States
|
collision of two barges and a Philippine freighter
|
1.1
|
0.3
|
|
January 1996
|
south shore of Rhode Island, United States
|
grounding of the tugboat Scandia and North Cape tanker it was towing
|
1.1
|
0.3
|
|
February 1996
|
Pembrokeshire coastline of Wales, British Isles
|
grounding of Sea Empress |
72
|
19
|
|
January 1997
|
Sea of Japan
|
Russian tanker breaks in half in rough seas
|
4.9
|
1.3
|
|
December 1999
|
French Atlantic Coast
|
Maltese tanker breaks apart and sinks off Brittany
|
11.4
|
3.0
|
|
January 2000
|
Guanabara Bay, Brazil
|
Petrobras pipe ruptures
|
1.1
|
0.3
|
|
November 2000
|
Lower Mississippi River, United States
|
oil tanker runs aground in Louisiana
|
2.3
|
0.6
|
|
October 2001
|
Port of Paraguana, Brazil
|
Petrobras ship hits rocks
|
4.9
|
1.3
|
|
November 2002
|
off Galicia coast, Spain
|
oil tanker breaks up in heavy seas
|
34.1*
|
9.0*
|
|
July 2006
|
Lebanese coast north of al-Jiyeh
|
Israeli bombing of Jiyeh power station
|
11.7-17.5*
|
3.1-4.6*
|
|
December 2007
|
Yellow Sea, South Korea
|
barge collided wih Hebei Spirit |
11.7-12.2
|
3.1-3.2
|
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