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Santa Barbrara
Oil leak 5.5 miles long. Released oil for 12 days before it could be plugged. Nelson to conceive of the idea of earth day in april 1970. -
Sansinena
Explaotion in the liberian flagged vessel sansinena split the tanker in .5. Boom and containment gear were deployed within 2 hours.took 120 days till it was all picked up. -
Amoco Cadiz
American supertanker ran aground during a storm.at that time it was the largest spill on recored. 125 of shoreline oil. -
Ixtoc I
exploratory well about 50 miles off the yucatan peninsula blew out. not under control till march 1980. currents and wint took the oil out of shore. -
Exxon valdes
american tanker filled to capacity with oil.otters, fish, and birds died from oil. 10.8 million to clean up there mess. -
Megaborg
engine room explosin on a norwegian oil tanker set off a raging fire. the fire was put out at the laek. it was cleaned up 20 day after spill. -
Kuwait
half of the spill was evaporated. millons of barrel were washed a shore. the spill did littile long term damge. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina 140-miles per-houer winds. Destroyed 50 of 4000 platforms in the gulf. the tanks released 3.778 million gallons of oil. -
Deepwater horizon
explotion and two day fire aboard the deep horizon lease by bp. drilling rig about 50 miles out of the louisiana coast. 25000 barres or 105000 gallons a day.
