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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m.
Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling her cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24 March 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, captained by Joseph Hazelwood and First Mate James Kunkel, [3] and bound for Long Beach, California, the vessel ran aground on the Bligh Reef, resulting in the second largest oil ...
Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood (September 24, 1946 – c. July 22, 2022) was an American sailor.He was the captain of Exxon Valdez during her 1989 oil spill.He was accused of being intoxicated which contributed to the disaster, but was cleared of this charge at his 1990 trial after witnesses testified that he was sober around the time of the accident.
The Exxon Valdez incident ignited a fervent obsession with safety and risk, Coll reports. So focused on safety is the company now that every meeting at every office begins with a "safety minute."
The incident occurred during minor maintenance on a flammable isobutane line which failed, releasing isobutane into the unit which ignited. [64] April 14, 2017 – Well blowout in Red River Parish, Louisiana. [65] April 18, 2017 – One worker was killed, and, 2 others injured, by a well tank explosion, in Mansfield, Louisiana. [66]
The Houthis attacked the MV Sounion multiple times in August, leaving the oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea.
One reason investigations take as long as they do, Robin said, is the process of elimination investigators follow in determining a cause and assigning blame.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was the second largest in U.S. history, and in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez incident, the U.S. Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. An initial award of US$5 billion punitive was reduced to $507.5 million by the US Supreme Court in June 2008, [ 59 ] and distributions of this award commenced in 2008.