Has their been any recent large oil spills?

Question

It's sad...if I ever get to help clean one up, I would.

Answer 1

Any oil spill, large or small has devastating results. The first 6 listed are the most recent larger ones (years 2000 +) and the following 3 are smaller.

2000 January - Brazil - A ruptured pipeline spewed about 340,000 gallons of heavy oil into Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro.

2000 June - South Africa - 1,400 tonnes of heavy fuel oil leaked from the bulk carrier Treasure off Cape Town, affecting penguins on Dassen and Robben Islands

2001 January - Ecuador - Ecuadorean-registered ship Jessica, spilled 175,000 gallons of diesel and bunker oil into the sea off the Galapagos Islands

2002 November - Spain - Prestige carrying 20 million gallons (70,000 metric tons) of fuel oil broke up off the Spanish coast

November 21, 2004 - Canada - Terra Nova
oil platform offshore of Newfoundland - spill involved up to 170,000 litres of oil

March 9, 2006 - Crude oil spill on Alaska's noth slope.
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2912


1) Nigeria: Oil Spill - "...one of the spills occurred in November 2006, the other occurred in January 2007 and traced both spills ..." - Shell Petroleum
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706250037.html

2) 2007 -
VietNamNet Bridge – Four coastal communes and towns of the southern province of Ca Mau on June 7 suffered attacks of oil spills. Previously, four other communes collected 4.3 tonnes of crude oil on June 1.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/06/704126/

3) Petron oil spill off Guimaras Island in August 2006.
http://sludge.wordpress.com/

Answer 2

http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/prevent.htm

This site gives you ways to help our oceans:
http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/take-action/top-ten

if you ever see an oil spill heres who you contact-The National Response Center (NRC) is the sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills. If you have a spill to report, contact NRC at 1-800-424-8802 (toll-free) or check out their Web site for additional information on reporting requirements and procedures. For those without 800 access, please contact the NRC at 202-267-2675.

it is cool to see someone who is really interested in taking action in helping our oceans. there are ways to do your part.

Answer 3

Since Exxon Valdez? -- March 23, 1989

Since the Gulf War? -- January 23, 1991

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