Major Oil Spills

By rmorris550
  • Sant Barbara

    Sant Barbara

    4.2 million gallons of oil spilled
    lots of thick, black film across the shore
    Senator Gaylord Nelson made Earth Day
  • Sansinea

    Sansinea

    1.26 million gallons of oil spilled
    In Las Angeles harbor
  • Amoco Cadiz

    Amoco Cadiz

    68.7 miliion gallons of oil spilled
    Brittany, France
    American Supertanker runs into rock
    125 miles of shore covered with oil
  • Ixtoc

    Ixtoc

    140 million gallons spilled
    On Yucatan Peninsula
    50 miles away from peninsula
  • Exxon Valdez

    Exxon Valdez

    10.8 million gallons of oil spilled
    In Prince William Sound located in Alaska
    American tanker caused the spill
  • Megaborg

    Megaborg

    4.2 million gallons of oil spilled
    Off Gulf of Mexico
    Caused by Norweigan tanker
  • Kuwait

    Kuwait

    378 million gallons of oil spilled
    Caused by Hussein of Iraq
    Has no underground water sources
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina

    7.98 million gallons of oil spilled.
    140 mph winds caused damage to Gulf platforms and uprooting of pipelines.
  • Gulf of Mexico

    Gulf of Mexico

    Deep Water Horizon exploded
    Leasesd by BP
    A rig sank and a pipe broke 50 miles offshore
    Some say as much as 1 050 000 gallons of oil is spilling a day