Oil spill

10 Significant Oil Spills

By Rachel47

  • Ixtoc I Oil Spill

    June 3 1979 - March 23 1980
    Mexico, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico
    480,000 tonnes (Max.)

  • Gulf War Oil Spill

    Iraq, Persian Gulf
    820,000 Tonnes (Max.)

  • 2007 Korea Oil Spill

    South Korea, Yellow Sea
    10,800 tonnes (Max.)

  • Deepwater Horizon

    Gulf of Mexico, United States
    April 20 - July 15
    627,000 tonnes (Max.)

  • 2010 ExxonMobil Oil Spill

    Nigeria, Niger Delta
    95,500 tonnes (Max.)

  • Xingang Port Oil Spill

    July 16 - 21
    China, Yellow Sea
    90,000 tonnes (Max.)

  • Talmadge Creek Oil Spill

    United States, Kalamazoo River, Calhoun Country, Michigan
    3,250 tonnes (Max.)

  • 2011 Little Buffalo Oil Spill

    Canada
    3,800 (Max.)

  • Rena Oil Spill

    October 5 - Present
    New Zealand, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
    350 tonnes (Max.)

  • Nigeria Oil Spill

    Nigeria
    5,500 tonnes