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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 oil spill was one of the largest inland oil spills at the time of occurrence. The U.S. Government estimated the cost of damages were between $10 and $15 million. [6] Wildlife in the region were harmed by the oil as well. Fish and mussels were affected as well as 2,000-4,000 water fowl were killed in the incident. [3]
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 ...
Over 100 people were evacuated from the area. [11] July 23 – A Tennessee Gas Pipeline 30 inch line burst in Clay City, Kentucky, spraying dirt and rocks in the area, damaging 2 homes. There was no fire. [12] August 11 – A road grader ruptured an NGL pipeline in Aurora, Colorado. Firefighters had barely evacuated residents in the area when ...
A long-idled oil well in January 2021 in Noble County owned by Genesis Resources sprayed brine, a toxic byproduct of fracking, that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources would later determine ...
2021 New Orleans oil spill United States, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana: 27 December 2021: 944.11: 944.11: PBF Energy [31] [32] 2021 Orange County oil spill United States, Orange County, California shoreline 1 October 2021: 424.42: 424.42: Amplify Energy [33] [34] 2021 Mediterranean oil spill / Emerald [b] Israel, Lebanon, Mediterranean ...
A Kentucky oil company has been fined $100,000 for illegally discharging polluted water. Logsdon Valley Oil Inc., also known as Hart Petroleum, also was placed on probation for three years, ...
The June 10 spill resulted in a release of approximately 1,500 barrels (240 m 3) of crude oil; the June 15 leak resulted in a release of approximately 300 barrels (48 m 3) of crude oil; these losses were estimated by Alyeska personnel at the leak site. The spills were too small to be verified by the Alyeska metering system. [199]