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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.
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 .
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;
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An oil spill seen in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 16, 2023. ... By Wednesday, Nov. 22, the Coast Guard estimated more than 1.1 million gallons of crude oil had been released, but the agency said ...
On April 20, 2010, the United States watched as over 200 million gallons of crude oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.For three months various efforts were taken to cap the broken well and were finally successful on September 19, 2010.
Oil prices have been in focus recently for drivers and the Fed. With a new bout of violence in the Middle East, market observers are keeping close tabs on any effects to energy markets.
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.