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In January and February 1969, in the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara, in Southern California. It was the largest oil spill in United States waters at the time, and now ranks third after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 1989 Exxon Valdez spills. It remains the largest oil spill to have occurred in the waters off California.
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 .
This list of pipeline accidents in the United States provides access to links for various timeframes, which are sometimes quite extensive. Before 1970 List of ...
This is the biggest oil spill in Keystone Pipeline history. [31] December 23 – Energy Transfer Partners experienced a failure, at their Cygnet, Ohio Pump Station, that resulted in the release of approximately 83,000 gallons of crude oil, a portion which migrated off property controlled by Energy Transfer. The cause appeared to be hydrogen ...
Nearly 60 years later, the number of offshore oil rigs has grown far beyond Bethlehem's estimation as ever-deeper oil is sought. In 2013, there were 840 offshore oil rigs available, of which more ...
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.
About 75% to 80% of the spill was intentionally burned to eliminate it. [4] [5] January 21 – An Equilon Pipeline Co. crude oil line was ruptured off of the Louisiana coast, by an eight-ton anchor dropped by a ship. About 94,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled, creating a slick 2 miles wide by 7 miles long. [6] [7]
Kolskaya (jack-up rig) Kulluk; L. Lake Peigneur; M. ... Piper Alpha; T. Timor Sea oil spill This page was last edited on 21 September 2017, at 04:52 ...