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The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council is an independent non-profit organization based in Anchorage and Valdez, Alaska, whose mission is to promote the environmentally-safe operation of the Alyeska Pipeline's Valdez Marine Terminal and associated oil tankers, and to inform the public of those activities.
Map excerpt showing Bligh Reef and automated beacon. Bligh Reef , sometimes known as Bligh Island Reef , [ 1 ] is a reef off the coast of Bligh Island in Prince William Sound , Alaska . This was the location of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill . [ 2 ]
CleanSeaNet (CSN) is a satellite-based monitoring system for marine oil spill detection and surveillance in European waters. CSN was created by the European Maritime Safety Agency (ESMA) in 2007 to include services such as locating and following oil pollution, monitoring accidental or deliberate pollution, and identifying polluters through the use of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite ...
UPDATE: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a new interactive BP oil spill map. It may have become the most popular video on the internet. The National Center for ...
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 .
Companies linked to two cargo ships accused of damaging an oil pipeline months before it ruptured off the Southern California coast have agreed to pay $45 million to settle lawsuits.
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 ...
Inspector on offshore oil drilling rig. Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances into the environment and limiting the amount released during those incidents.