Oil spills |
Amount |
Year |
Amoco Cadiz, France |
68.7 million gallons |
1978 |
Ixtoc 1 Oil Well, Mexico |
140 million gallons |
1979 |
Atlantic Empress, West Indies |
88.3 million gallons |
1979 |
Castillo de Bellver, South Africa |
78.5 million gallons |
1983 |
Nowruz Oil Field, Persian Gulf |
80 million gallons |
1983 |
Odyssey Oil Spill, Canada |
43 million hallons |
1988 |
ABT Summer, Angola |
80 million gallons |
1991 |
Gulf war, Kuwait |
240 to 336 million gallons |
1991 |
Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan |
87.7 million gallons |
1992 |
Deepwater Horizon, Mexican Gulf |
210 million gallons |
2010 |
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