Oil Spills Database
| Spill / Tanker |
Location |
Date |
Tons of crude oil |
| Torrey Canyon |
Scilly Isles, UK |
3/18/67 |
80,000 – 119,000 |
| Ixtoc I oil well |
Gulf of Mexico |
6/3/79 |
454,000 – 480,000 |
| Gulf War oil spill |
Persian Gulf |
1/23/91 |
136,000 – 1,500,000 |
| Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain |
Trinidad and Tobago |
7/19/79 |
287,000 |
| Fergana Valley |
Uzbekistan |
3/2/92 |
285,000 |
| Nowruz oil field |
Persian Gulf |
2/1/83 |
260,000 |
| ABT Summer |
700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Angola |
5/1/91 |
260,000 |
| Castillo de Bellver |
Saldanha Bay, South Africa |
8/6/83 |
252,000 |
| Amoco Cadiz |
Brittany, France |
3/16/78 |
223,000 |
| Amoco Haven tanker disaster |
Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy |
6/13/05 |
144,000 |
| Odyssey |
700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Nova Scotia, Canada |
6/10/05 |
132,000 |
| Sea Star / Horta Barbosa |
Gulf of Oman |
12/19/72 |
115,000 |
| Irenes Serenade |
Navarino Bay, Greece |
6/2/05 |
100,000 |
| Urquiola |
A Coru’a, Spain |
5/12/76 |
100,000 |
| Hawaiian Patriot |
Northern Pacific |
2/1/77 |
98701 |
| Braer |
Shetland Islands, UK |
1/1/93 |
85,000 |
| Aegean Sea |
La Coruna, Spain |
12/1/92 |
80,000 |
| Sea Empress |
Milfred Haven, Wales, UK |
2/1/96 |
72000 |
| Kharg-5 |
Oualidia, Morrocco |
12/1/89 |
70,000 |
| Prestige |
Spain |
10/1/02 |
70,000 |
| The Haven |
Genoa, Italy |
4/1/91 |
50,000 |
| Othelo |
Tralhavet Bay, Sweden |
3/1/70 |
49675 |
| Valdez |
Prince William Sound, USA |
3/1/89 |
32468 |
| Argo Merchant |
Nantucket Island, USA |
12/1/76 |
25000 |
| Erika |
Brittany, France |
12/1/99 |
25000 |
| Nakhodka |
Sea of Japan |
12/1/97 |
19000 |
| Seki/Baynunah |
Fujairah, UAE |
3/1/94 |
15,900 |
| Isreal Bombing of Power Plant |
Jiyyeh, Lebanon |
7/14/06 |
15,000 |
| Nagaski Spirit |
Malacca Straits, Indonesia |
9/1/92 |
12,000 |
| North Cape |
Block Island Sound, USA |
1/1/96 |
2662 |
| Cercal |
Leixoes Harbour, Portugal |
10/1/94 |
2000 |
| Treasure |
Cape Town, South Africa |
6/1/00 |
1400 |
| World Prodigy |
Brenton Reef, USA |
6/23/89 |
1364 |
| Pipeline |
Guanabara Bay, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
1/1/00 |
1104 |
| American Trader |
Bosa Chica, USA |
2/1/90 |
974 |
| BP Pipeline |
Prudhoe, Bay (Land Based) |
3/2/06 |
656 |
| Union Oil Co. Platform |
Santa Barbara, USA |
1/29/69 |
649 |
| Jessica |
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
1/1/01 |
568 |
| Visahakit |
Sriracha, Tailand |
3/1/94 |
341 |
| Cosco Busan |
San Fransisco, USA |
11/7/07 |
188 |
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Numbers in red were originally in gallons. |
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One ton of crude oil is roughly equal to 308 US gallons, or 7.33 barrels. |
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