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The 2018 Balikpapan oil spill was an oil spill off the coast from the city of Balikpapan, Indonesia. It was caused by a cracked pipeline linked to a Pertamina refinery in the city. A blaze that occurred when the oil spill caught on fire had killed five residents who were in the bay, in addition to causing respiratory problems in the city.
English: NOAA map of federal waters closed to fishing after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as of June 21, 2011(near the maximum closure area.) Date 18 July 2011
2013 Rayong oil spill; 2014 Israeli oil spill; 2018 Balikpapan oil spill; 2024 Singapore oil spill; A. Amorgos oil spill; G. Gulf War oil spill; I. MT Independența;
In response to public interest on the BP (BP) oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a new customizable interactive map of the spill's ...
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 .
MV Hawaiian Patriot was an oil tanker that sank in the Pacific Ocean in 1977 with the loss of her cargo and one crewmember. In the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s listing of oil spills affecting US waters since 1969, the Hawaiian Patriot spill is the third-largest as of 2025; only the Ixtoc I and Deepwater Horizon oil spills were larger.
A root blockage caused about 6,700 gallons of untreated sewage to enter a storm drain in Pacific Palisades at Will Rogers State Beach, but the spill did not contaminate ocean waters.
The fuel spill from the Red Hill facility also forced the shutdown of several water sources operated by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply that provided drinking water for urban Honolulu. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Due to uncertainty about the spread of fuel contamination underground, these water sources will remain shut down indefinitely, which has caused a ...