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Amoco Cadiz oil spill
A steering gear failure caused one of the largest oil spills - 22300 tonnes, 2 km from the coast of Brittany, France -
The Atlantic Empress Oil Spill
A collision of two large ships released 90 million gallons of oil into the Atlantic Ocean. Both ships caught fire, with 27 sailors passed away. -
The Castillo de Bellver Oil Spill
A fire aboard the oil tanker made the tanker capsize, leaking roughly 60 million gallons of oil, around 70 miles from Capetown in South Africa. -
BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The largest accidental oil spill on an oil platform, killing 11 workers and 17 injured. The oil platform capsized and sunk 2 days later, with a massive court case against it. This was in the Persian Gulf -
Orange County Oil Spill
A pipeline failure off the coast of Orange County, Calif caused 126 000 gallons in the Pacific Ocean.