Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 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 .
An unknown number of people were evacuated from commercial businesses and a nearby elementary school. [14] Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's 20-inch Indian Basin Pipeline ruptured and released approximately 31,757 MCF (31,757,000 cubic feet) of natural gas in Eddy County, New Mexico. There was no fire or injuries. [16]
September 26 A 10 inch crude oil pipeline ruptured and burned, next to pipeline terminal, in Midland, Texas. There were no injuries reported, and 2 pick up trucks & a pipeline metering station were damaged. [45] October 10. A crude oil spill was spotted coming from a leaking oil pipeline off of Grand Isle, Louisiana. About 8,000 barrels of ...
Anger toward companies is nothing new, especially following a major accident like the slow-motion nightmare currently unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. Often the outrage and demands for action fade ...
Nearly 60 years later, the number of offshore oil rigs has grown far beyond Bethlehem's estimation as ever-deeper oil is sought. In 2013, there were 840 offshore oil rigs available, of which more ...
October 9 – Vapors from a leaking pipeline on an oil storage tank exploded and burned in Bridgeport, Illinois. Four oil company workers were killed, and three others injured. [96] October 21 – Two workers bleeding a gas pipeline, in Santa Clarita, California, were injured when gas vapors were ignited, and, one of them later died from the ...
Failure of blowout preventer equipment was a major cause of the April 2010 disaster that killed 11 workers and resulted in an estimated 130 million gallons of crude oil spewing into the Gulf of ...