Spill or vessel | Location | Dates [lower-alpha 1] | Tonnes (min) | Tonnes (max) | Owner | Ref(s) |
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2024 Manila Bay oil spill - MT Terra Nova capsized and sank in 34m depth of water [1] | Philippines, Manila Bay | 24 July 2024 | unknown | ~1,500 | (MT Terra Nova sailed under the Philippine flag) | [2] |
2024 Singapore oil spill / Vox Maxima and Marine Honour | Singapore, Pasir Panjang Terminal | 14 June 2024 | 400 | 400 | Van Oord and Vitol Bunkers | [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Gulfstream | Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago | 7 February 2024 | | 4,773 | | [7] [8] |
El Palito Refinery | Venezuela, Golfo Triste | December 2023 | | | Petróleos de Venezuela | [9] |
Undersea pipeline near Louisiana coast | United States, Port Eads, Louisiana, Louisiana | 16 November 2023 | 3,500 | 3,500 | Main Pass Oil Gathering company | [10] [11] |
2023 Marco Polo oil spill | Sweden, Karlshamn, Blekinge | 22 October 2023 | 150 | 180 | TT-Line | [12] |
Poole Harbour oil spill | United Kingdom, Wytch Farm, Poole Harbour, Dorset | 26 March 2023 | | 6 | Perenco | [13] |
2023 Princess Empress oil spill | Philippines, Pola, Oriental Mindoro | 28 February 2023 | 881 | 881 | RDC Reield Marine Services | [14] |
2022 Keystone Pipeline oil spill | United States, Washington County, Kansas | 7 December 2022 | 1,773 | 1,910 | TC Energy | [15] |
2022 Saint Bernard Parish oil spill | United States, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana | 25 September 2022 | 65 | 65 | Entergy Louisiana | [16] |
2022 Frog Lake oil spill | United States, Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana | 31 July 2022 | 13 | 13 | WCC Energy | [17] |
2022 Cheshire oil truck rollover | United States, Cheshire, Connecticut | 11 February 2022 | 62.98 | 62.98 | Libretti and Sons Fuel | [18] |
2022 Callao oil spill | Ventanilla District, Callao, Peru | 15 January 2022 | 1,626.39 | 1,861.68 | Repsol | [19] |
2021 New Orleans oil spill | United States, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana | 27 December 2021 | 944.11 | 944.11 | PBF Energy | [20] [21] |
2021 Orange County oil spill | United States, Orange County, California shoreline | 1 October 2021 | 424.42 | 424.42 | Amplify Energy | [22] [23] |
2021 Mediterranean oil spill / Emerald [lower-alpha 2] | Israel, Lebanon, Mediterranean shoreline | 11 February 2021 | unknown | unknown | Emerald Marine Ltd [25] | [26] |
Chevron Richmond Refinery | United States, Richmond, California | 9 February 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | Chevron Corporation | [27] |
2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill | United States, North Carolina, Huntersville | 14 August 2020 | 63,000 | 63,000 | Colonial Pipeline | [28] [29] |
El Palito Refinery | Venezuela, Golfo Triste | 8 August 2020 | 2,700 | 2,700 | Petróleos de Venezuela | [30] |
2020 Pointe D'Esny MV Wakashio oil spill | Mauritius, Ile Aux Aigrettes and Mahébourg | 25 July 2020 | 1,300 | 4,300 | Wakashio Suisan Company Limited, Kagoshima, Japan | [31] [32] |
Trans Mountain oil spill | Canada, British Columbia, Abbotsford | 14 June 2020 | 118.5 | 184.87 | Trans Mountain | [33] |
Norilsk diesel fuel spill | Russia, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai | 29 May 2020 | 17,500 | 17,500 | Nornickel | [34] [35] |
Tanker truck pumping out sludge from a vessel | New Zealand , Tauranga, Bay of Plenty | 30 March 2020 | 1.7 | 1.7 | | [36] [37] |
T. G. Williams Well No. 1 tank battery | United States, Texas, Oakland Creek, Longview | 30 March 2020 | unknown | unknown | Fortune Resources | [38] |
Greka Energy oil facility | United States, California, Santa Maria | 30 March 2020 | 'small' | unknown | Greka Energy | [39] |
True Oil pipeline | United States, North Dakota, Red Wing Creek | 27 March 2020 | unknown | unknown | True Oil LLC | [40] |
Tanker truck rollover | United States, California, Santa Maria, Cuyama River | 21 March 2020 | 14.6 | 19.5 | | [41] [42] |
Keystone Pipeline 2019 spill | United States, North Dakota, Walsh County, North Dakota | 29 October 2019 | 1,240 | 1,240 | TransCanada Corporation | [43] |
Willowton Oil | South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, near Pietermaritzburg and Durban | August 2019 | unknown | unknown | Willowton Group | [44] |
North East Brazil oil spill (suspected source: NM Bouboulina) | Brazil, 733 km from Paraiba | 29 July 2019 | unknown | unknown | Delta Tankers Ltd. | [45] |
Guarello Island iron ore export terminal diesel spill | Chile, Guarello Island, Magallanes Region | 27 July 2019 | 35.4 | 35.4 | Compañía de Acero del Pacífico | [46] [47] |
MV Chrysanthi S bunkering spill at sea | South Africa, Algoa Bay, Port of Ngqura | 6 July 2019 | 0.2 | 0.4 | SA Marine Fuels (bunkering service company) | [48] [49] |
MV Solomon Trader fuel oil spill | Solomon Islands, Rennell Island | 5 February 2019 | 75 | 80 | South Express Ltd | [50] [51] |
SeaRose FPSO production ship spill | Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | 16 November 2018 | 219 | 219 | Husky Energy | [52] [53] |
Ulysse-Virginia collision | North of Corsica (international waters) | October 2018 | | | | [54] |
Port Erin diesel spill (source unknown) | Isle of Man | 23 July 2018 | unknown | unknown | unknown | [55] |
Doon, Iowa derailment | United States, Lyon County, Iowa | 22 June 2018 | 520 | 520 | BNSF Railway | [56] |
Sanchi oil tanker collision with CF Crystal | East China Sea | 6 January 2018 | 138,000 | 138,000 | National Iranian Tanker Company | [57] |
Keystone Pipeline 2017 spill | United States, Marshall County, South Dakota | 16 November 2017 | 1,322 | 1,322 | TransCanada Corporation | [58] |
Delta House floating production platform spill | United States, Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana | 11 October 2017 –12 October 2017 | 1,080 | 1,280 | LLOG Exploration | [59] [60] |
Agia Zoni II | Greece, Saronic Gulf, Salamis | 10 September 2017 | 2,500 | 2,500 | Fos Petroleum SA | [61] |
East River insulating oil spill | United States, New York | 7 May 2017 | 97 | 101 | Con Edison | [62] |
Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access Pipeline Leak | United States, North Dakota | 4 April 2017 | 0.27 | 0.27 | Energy Transfer Partners | [63] |
Chennai Ennore oil spill | India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 28 January 2017 | 251 | 251 | Darya Shipping Solutions | [64] [65] [66] |
APL Denver and Wan Hai 301 | Singapore, off Pulau Ubin, East Johor Strait | 3 January 2017 | 300 | 300 | | [67] |
Belle Fourche pipeline leak | United States, North Dakota, Billings County, Ash Coulee Creek | 5 December 2016 | 571 | 571 | Belle Fourche Pipeline Company | [68] |
Fox Creek pipeline leak | Canada, Alberta, Fox Creek | 6 October 2016 | 240 | 240 | Trilogy Energy | [69] |
BP Clair production platform, North Sea | United Kingdom, Shetland, Clair platform | 2 October 2016 | 105 | 105 | S.McDonald/D.Goodrum | [70] |
2016 Colonial Pipeline leak | United States, Shelby County, Alabama | 12 September 2016 | 1,092 | 1,092 | Colonial Pipeline Co | [71] |
North Battleford pipeline spill | Canada, Saskatchewan, North Battleford | 21 July 2016 | 170 | 210 | Husky Energy | [72] |
ConocoPhillips Canada pipeline spill | Canada, Alberta, Grande Cache | 9 June 2016 | 323 | 323 | ConocoPhillips | [73] |
2016 Union Pacific oil train fire | United States, Oregon, Mosier | 3 June 2016 | 152 | 152 | Union Pacific Railroad | [74] |
Denbury Resources Bowman County Oil SPill | United States, North Dakota Bowman County | 18 May 2016 | 44 | 44 | Denbury Resources | [75] |
Shell Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Brutus offshore platform | United States, Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana | 12 May 2016 | 316 | 316 | Royal Dutch Shell | [76] |
Keystone Pipeline 2016 spill | United States, Menno, South Dakota | 2 April 2016 | 55 | 55 | TransCanada Corporation | [77] |
Refugio oil spill | United States, California, near Refugio State Beach | 19 May 2015 | 330 | 330 | Plains All American Pipeline | [78] |
MV Marathassa bunker fuel spill | Canada, British Columbia, English Bay (Vancouver) | 13 April 2015 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Alassia NewShips Management Inc. | [79] |
Illinois train derailment | United States, Illinois, near Galena | 5 March 2015 | 1,300 | 1,300 | BNSF Railway | [80] |
2015 Yellowstone River oil spill | United States, Montana, near Glendive | 17 January 2015 | 41 | 160 | Bridger Pipeline LLC | [81] [82] |
Alyarmouk and Sinar Kapuas | Singapore, off Pedra Branca, Singapore Strait | 2 January 2015 | 4,500 | 4,500 | | [83] [84] |
Black Sea oil pipeline spill | Russia, Tuapse, near Black Sea | 24 December 2014 | unknown | unknown | Transneft | [85] |
2014 Israeli oil spill | Israel, Eilat, Trans-Israel pipeline | 6 December 2014 | 1,948 | 4,300 | Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company | [86] |
Mid-Valley Pipeline | United States, Louisiana, Mooringsport | 13 October 2014 | 546 | 546 | Sunoco | [87] |
Lake Michigan oil spill | United States, Indiana, Whiting refinery | 24 March 2014 | 2 | 5 | BP | [88] [89] [90] |
MV Miss Susan/MV Summer Wind | United States, Texas, Houston Ship Channel | 22 March 2014 | 546 | 546 | Kirby Corporation | [91] [92] |
North Dakota pipeline spill | United States, North Dakota, Hiland | 21 March 2014 | 110 | 110 | Hiland Crude LLC | [93] |
Hammonia Thracium and Zoey | Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait | 11 February 2014 | 80 | 80 | | [94] [95] |
NYK Themis and AZ Fuzhou | Singapore, off Marina South, East Keppel Fairway | 30 January 2014 | 400 | 400 | | [96] [97] |
Lime Galaxy and Feihe | Singapore, off Jurong Island, Singapore Strait | 29 January 2014 | 280 | 280 | | [98] [99] |
North Dakota train collision | United States, North Dakota, Casselton | 30 December 2013 | 1,300 | 1,300 | BNSF Railway | [100] |
Bullenbaai | Curaçao, Bullenbaai, Isla refinery | 1 November 2013 | unknown | unknown | Petróleos de Venezuela | [101] |
North Dakota pipeline spill | United States, North Dakota, Tioga | 25 September 2013 –29 September 2013 | 2,810 | 2,810 | Tesoro | [102] [103] |
Rayong oil spill | Thailand, Rayong/Ko Samet, Gulf of Thailand | 27 July 2013 | 43 | 163 | PTT Global Chemical | [104] [105] |
Lac-Mégantic derailment | Canada, Québec, Lac-Mégantic | 6 July 2013 | 4,830 | 4,830 | | [106] |
Cushing storage terminal | United States, Oklahoma, Cushing | 18 May 2013 | 340 | 340 | Enbridge Energy Partners | [107] [108] |
Mayflower | United States, Arkansas, Mayflower | 30 March 2013 | 680 | 950 | ExxonMobil | [109] |
Magnolia refinery | United States, Arkansas, Magnolia | 9 March 2013 | 680 | 760 | Delek Logistics | [110] [111] |
Bullenbaai | Curaçao, Bullenbaai | 7 November 2012 | unknown | unknown | Petróleos de Venezuela | [101] [112] |
Arthur Kill storage tank diesel spill (Hurricane Sandy) | United States, New Jersey, Sewaren | 29 October 2012 | 1,090 | 1,130 | Exxon | [113] [114] |
Curaçao | Curaçao, Isla refinery and Jan Kok nature preserve | 17 August 2012 | unknown | unknown | Petróleos de Venezuela | [115] [116] |
Sundre, Alberta | Canada, Sundre | 8 June 2012 | 410 | 410 | | [117] |
Guarapiche River | Venezuela, Maturín, Monagas | 4 February 2012 | 680 | 41,000 | PDVSA | [118] [119] |
Nigeria | Nigeria, Bonga Field | 21 December 2011 | 5,500 | 5,500 | Royal Dutch Shell | [120] |
TK Bremen | France, Brittany, Erdeven | 16 December 2011 | 220 | 220 | Blue Atlantic Shipping | [121] |
Campos Basin | Brazil, Campos Basin, Frade Field | 7 November 2011 –15 November 2011 | 89 | 400 | Chevron Corporation | [122] [123] |
Rena oil spill | New Zealand , Tauranga, Bay of Plenty | 5 October 2011 –August 2012 | 350 | 350 | Costamare | [124] [125] |
Gannet Alpha platform, North Sea | United Kingdom, North Sea, Gannet Alpha platform | 10 August 2011 –13 August 2011 | 216 | 216 | Royal Dutch Shell | [126] |
Yellowstone River | United States, Billings, Montana, Yellowstone River | 1 July 2011 | 105 | 140 | ExxonMobil | [127] |
Bohai Bay oil spill | China, Bohai Bay | 4 June 2011 –19 June 2011 | 204 | 204 | ConocoPhillips | [128] [129] |
Little Buffalo oil spill | Canada, Alberta | 29 April 2011 | 3,800 | 3,800 | Plains All American Pipeline | [130] [131] |
Mumbai-Uran pipeline spill | India, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 21 January 2011 | 40 | 55 | |
Fiume Santo power station | Italy, Sardinia, Porto Torres | 11 January 2011 | 15 | 15 | | [132] |
Mumbai oil spill / MV MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia 3 | India, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 7 August 2010 –9 August 2010 | 400 | 800 | | [133] [134] [135] |
Barataria Bay oil spill | United States, Barataria Bay, Gulf of Mexico | 27 July 2010 –1 August 2010 | 23 | 45 | Cedyco Corp. | [136] [137] [138] [139] |
Kalamazoo River oil spill | United States, Kalamazoo River, Calhoun County, Michigan | 26 July 2010 | 2,800 | 3,250 | Enbridge | [140] [141] |
Xingang Port oil spill | China, Yellow Sea | 16 July 2010 –21 July 2010 | 1,500 | 90,000 | | [142] [143] |
Jebel al-Zayt oil spill | Egypt, Red Sea | 16 June 2010 –23 June 2010 | unknown | unknown | | [144] |
Red Butte Creek oil spill | United States, Salt Lake City, Utah | 11 June 2010 –12 June 2010 | 65 | 107 | | [145] [146] |
Trans-Alaska Pipeline | United States, Anchorage, Alaska | 25 May 2010 | 400 | 1,200 | | [147] |
MT Bunga Kelana 3 | Singapore , Singapore Strait | 25 May 2010 | 2,000 | 2,500 | | [148] [149] [150] |
ExxonMobil | Nigeria, Niger Delta | 1 May 2010 | 3,246 | 95,500 | ExxonMobil | [151] [152] [153] |
Deepwater Horizon | United States, Gulf of Mexico | 20 April 2010 –15 July 2010 | 492,000 | 627,000 | BP | [154] |
Great Barrier Reef / MV Shen Neng 1 | Australia, Great Keppel Island | 3 April 2010 | 3 | 4 | Shenzhen Energy | [155] [156] [157] |
Lambro and Po rivers | Italy, Lombardy, Monza | 23 February 2010 | 15 | 15 | | [158] |
Port Arthur oil spill | United States, Port Arthur, Texas | 23 January 2010 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ExxonMobil | [159] |
Yellow River oil spill | China, Chishui River (Shaanxi) | 5 January 2010 | 130 | 130 | China National Petroleum Corporation | [160] |
Montara oil spill | Australia, Timor Sea | 21 August 2009 | 4,000 | 30,000 | PTT Exploration and Production | [161] [162] |
Full City | Norway, Rognsfjorden near Såstein south of Langesund | 31 July 2009 | 200 | 200 | COSCO | [163] |
Lüderitz oil spill | Namibia, Southern coast | 8 April 2009 | unknown | unknown | unknown | [164] |
Pacific Adventurer | Australia, Queensland | 10 March 2009 | 230 | 260 | Swire Shipping | [165] |
West Cork oil spill | Ireland, Southern coast | February 2009 | 300 | 300 | | [166] |
Shell Bodo pipeline oil spill | Nigeria | 1 August 2008 | 1,000 | 1,000 | Royal Dutch Shell | [167] |
2008 New Orleans oil spill | United States, Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana 100 miles downstream to Head of Passes | 28 July 2008 | 8,800 | 8,800 | American Commercial Barge Line LLC | [168] [169] |
Syros / Seabird collision | Uruguay, near the Rio de la Plata, Montevideo | 4 June 2008 | 140 | 140 | | [170] [171] |
Supe | Peru, off Zorritos | 31 January 2008 | 35 | 35 | | [172] |
Statfjord oil spill | Norway, Norwegian Sea | 12 December 2007 | 4,000 | 4,000 | Statoil Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Centrica | [173] |
Korea oil spill | South Korea, Yellow Sea | 7 December 2007 | 10,800 | 10,800 | | [174] [175] |
Kerch Strait oil spill | Ukraine Russia, Strait of Kerch | 11 November 2007 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | [176] |
COSCO Busan oil spill | United States, San Francisco, California | 7 November 2007 | 188 | 188 | | [177] |
Kab 101 | Mexico, Bay of Campeche | 23 October 2007 –17 December 2007 | 1,869 | 1,869 | | [178] |
Genmar Progress Spill | Puerto Rico, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico | 30 August 2007 | 151 | 151 | General Maritime Corporation (GMC) Progress LLC | [179] |
Burnaby spill | Canada, Burnaby, British Columbia | 24 July 2007 | 201 | 201 | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners | [180] |
Guimaras oil spill | Philippines, Guimaras Strait | 11 August 2006 | 172 | 1,540 | | [181] |
Jiyeh power station oil spill | Lebanon | 14 July 2006 –15 July 2006 | 20,000 | 30,000 | | [181] |
Citgo refinery | United States, Lake Charles, Louisiana | 19 June 2006 | 6,500 | 6,500 | | [182] |
Prudhoe Bay oil spill | United States, Alaska North Slope, Alaska | 2 March 2006 | 653 | 689 | | [183] |
Eider | Chile, Antofagasta | 31 October 2005 | 200 | 200 | | [184] [185] [186] [187] |
Bass Enterprises Oil Spill (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Cox Bay, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 12,000 | 12,000 | | [188] |
Shell (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Pilottown, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 3,400 | 3,400 | Royal Dutch Shell | [188] |
Chevron (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Empire, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 3,200 | 3,200 | | [188] |
Murphy Oil USA refinery spill (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Meraux and Chalmette, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 2,660 | 3,410 | | [188] [189] |
Bass Enterprises (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 1,500 | 1,500 | | [188] |
Chevron (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Port Fourchon, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 170 | 170 | | [188] |
Venice Energy Services Company (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Venice, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 81 | 81 | | [188] |
Shell Pipeline Oil (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, Nairn, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 44 | 44 | Royal Dutch Shell | [188] |
Sundown Energy (Hurricane Katrina) | United States, West Potash, Louisiana | 30 August 2005 | 42 | 42 | | [188] |
MV Selendang Ayu | United States, Unalaska Island, Alaska | 8 December 2004 | 1,560 | 1,560 | | [190] |
Athos 1 | United States, Delaware River, Paulsboro, New Jersey | 26 November 2004 | 831 | 860 | | [191] [192] |
Taylor oil spill | United States, Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana | 16 September 2004 –present | 970 | 490,000 | Taylor Energy | [193] [194] [195] [196] |
MP-69 Nakika 18" & MP-151 Nakika 18" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan) | United States, Louisiana | 16 September 2004 –6 October 2004 | 618 | 618 | | [197] |
MP-80 Delta 20" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan) | United States, Louisiana | 16 September 2004 –19 September 2004 | 963 | 963 | | [197] |
Chevron-Texaco tank collapse (Hurricane Ivan) | United States, Louisiana | 16 September 2004 –17 September 2004 | 423 | 423 | | [197] |
Berge Nice | Chile, 5 miles east of Punta Delgada, Strait of Magellan | 14 May 2004 | 160 | 160 | | [187] [198] |
Tasman Spirit | Pakistan, Karachi | 28 July 2003 | 28,000 | 30,000 | Polembros Shipping | [199] [200] |
MV APL Emerald | Singapore, off Pedra Branca, Singapore Strait | 12 June 2003 | 150 | 150 | | [201] |
Bouchard No. 120 | United States, Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Massachusetts | 27 April 2003 | 320 | 320 | | [202] |
Prestige | Spain, Galicia | 13 November 2002 | 63,000 | 63,000 | Mare Shipping Inc. | [203] [204] [205] |
Limburg (bombing) | Yemen, Gulf of Aden | 6 October 2002 | 12,200 | 12,200 | | [206] [207] |
Manguinhos refinery | Brazil, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro | 23 November 2001 | 34 | 97 | Peixoto de Castro, Repsol YPF | [208] |
Trans-Alaska Pipeline gunshot spill | United States, Alaska | 4 October 2001 | 932 | 932 | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | [209] |
Shell Ogbodo | Nigeria | 25 June 2001 | 9,500 | 9,500 | Royal Dutch Shell | [210] |
Jose Fuchs | Chile, Moraleda Channel | 25 May 2001 | 150 | 150 | | [187] [211] |
2001 Shell Ogoniland oil spill | Nigeria | May 2001 | unknown | unknown | Royal Dutch Shell | [212] |
Petrobras 36 | Brazil, Roncador Oil Field, Campos Basin | 15 March 2001 | 274 | 274 | | [213] |
Amorgos oil spill | Taiwan, Southern coast | 14 January 2001 | 1,150 | 1,150 | | [214] |
Jessica | Ecuador, Galapagos Islands | 20 January 2001 | 568 | 568 | | [215] [216] |
Natuna Sea | Singapore, off Batu Berhanti Beacon, Singapore Strait | 3 October 2000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | | [217] |
Pine River | Canada, Chetwynd, British Columbia | 1 August 2000 | 850 | 850 | | [218] |
Project Deep Spill | Norway, Helland Hansen ridge | June 2000 | 100 | 100 | | [219] |
Treasure | South Africa, Cape Town | June 2000 | 1,400 | 1,400 | | [215] |
Petrobras pipeline | Brazil, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro | January 2000 | 1,100 | 1,100 | | [208] [215] |
Erika | France, Bay of Biscay | 12 December 1999 | 15,000 | 25,000 | Total S.A. | [190] [215] |
Chanda | Port Stanvac, South Australia | 28 June 1999 | 220 | 230 | Essar Shipping | [220] |
MV New Carissa | United States, Coos Bay, Oregon | 4 February 1999 –9 March 1999 | 230 | 230 | | [221] |
Mobil Nigeria oil spill | Nigeria | 12 January 1998 | 5,500 | 5,500 | | [190] |
Nakhodka | Japan, Sea of Japan | December 1997 | 6,240 | 6,240 | | [222] |
1997 Singapore oil spill / Evoikos and Orapin Global | Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait | 15 October 1997 | 25,000 | 29,000 | | [223] [224] |
San Jorge oil spill | Uruguay, near Punta del Este, Maldonado | 8 February 1997 | 200 | 200 | Oil Sud Corporation | [225] [226] |
Julie N. | United States, Portland, Maine | 27 September 1996 | 586 | 586 | | [227] |
Song San | Singapore, off Jurong Island, Singapore Strait | August 1996 | unknown | unknown | | [228] [229] |
Sea Empress | United Kingdom, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire | 15 February 1996 | 40,000 | 72,000 | Seatankers Management | [190] [203] |
North Cape | United States, Rhode Island | 19 January 1996 | 2,500 | 2,500 | | [230] |
MV Iron Baron (1985) | Hebe Reef, Tasmania | 10 July 1995 –30 July 1995 | 300 | 325 | BHP Shipping | [231] |
Irene | Namibia, near Walvis Bay | 1995 | 700 | 700 | | [232] |
Komi oil pipeline | Russia, Usinsk, Komi Republic | June 1994 - October 1994 | 100,000 | 251,763 | Lukoil | [233] [234] [235] |
Apollo Sea | South Africa, Cape Town | June 1994 | 2,400 | 2,400 | | [236] |
Seki | United Arab Emirates | 31 March 1994 | 15,900 | 15,900 | World-Wide Shipping Agency | [190] |
Morris J. Berman | Puerto Rico | 7 January 1994 | 2,600 | 2,600 | New England Marine Services | [237] |
MV Braer | United Kingdom, Shetland | 5 January 1993 | 85,000 | 85,000 | | [203] |
Aegean Sea | Spain, A Coruña | 3 December 1992 | 74,000 | 74,000 | Coulouthros Ltd | [203] |
Port Bonython oil spill, Era | Australia, Spencer Gulf, South Australia | 30 August 1992 | 296 | 296 | BP | [238] |
Katina P | Mozambique, Maputo | 26 April 1992 | 72,000 | 72,000 | | [239] [203] |
Fergana Valley | Uzbekistan | 2 March 1992 | 285,000 | 285,000 | | [190] |
Kirki | Australia, Indian Ocean, off the coast of Western Australia | 21 July 1991 | 17,280 | 17,280 | BP | [240] |
ABT Summer | Angola, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) offshore | 28 May 1991 | 260,000 | 260,000 | National Iranian Tanker Company | [203] |
MT Haven | Italy, Mediterranean Sea near Genoa | 11 April 1991 | 144,000 | 144,000 | Amoco | [203] |
MB Vesta Bella | , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Nevis, 12 miles northeast of island | 6 March 1991 | 1,762 | 1,814 | Offshore Marine Ltd | [241] |
Sanko Harvest | Australia, Western Australia, near Hood Island, 33 km from Esperance | 14 February 1991 | 717 | 717 | Sanko Steamship Co | [242] |
Gulf War oil spill | Iraq, Persian Gulf | 23 January 1991 | 270,000 | 820,000 | | [243] [244] |
Star Enterprise Terminal Leak | United States, Fairfax, Virginia | September 1990 | 324 | 974 | Star Enterprise | [245] : 9 [246] |
Apex barges oil spill | United States, Texas, Houston Ship Channel near Galveston | 28 July 1990 | 2,200 | 2,200 | Apex Towing Company | [247] |
Mega Borg oil spill | United States, Gulf of Mexico, 57 mi (92 km) SE of Galveston, Texas | 8 June 1990 | 16,499 | 16,501 | | [248] |
American Trader | United States, Bolsa Chica State Beach, California | 7 February 1990 | 979 | 981 | | [190] [249] |
Arthur Kill pipeline | United States, Sewaren, New Jersey | 1 January 1990 | 1,840 | 1,840 | | [250] [251] |
Khark 5 | Spain, 350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) off Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 19 December 1989 | 70,000 | 80,000 | | [190] [203] |
Pacificos | South Africa, East London | 4 October 1989 | 10,000 | 10,000 | | [252] |
Presidente Rivera | United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 24 June 1989 | 993 | 993 | | [253] |
World Prodigy | United States, Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island | 23 June 1989 | 974 | 3,246 | | [254] [255] |
Exxon Valdez | United States, Prince William Sound, Alaska | 24 March 1989 | 37,000 | 104,000 | Exxon Shipping Company | [203] [256] |
Bahía Paraíso | Antarctica, Bismarck Strait | 28 January 1989 | 1,200 | 1,200 | Argentine Navy | [257] |
Odyssey | Canada, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) off Nova Scotia | 10 November 1988 | 132,000 | 132,000 | | [203] |
Piper Alpha disaster | United Kingdom, 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland | 6 July 1988 | 670 | 670 | Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Limited (OPCAL) | [258] |
Ashland oil spill | United States, Floreffe, Pennsylvania | 2 January 1988 | 10,000 | 10,000 | Ashland Oil Company | [259] [260] |
MT Vector | Philippines, Tablas Strait, Oriental Mindoro | 20 December 1987 | 370 | 370 | Vector Shipping Inc. (Francisco Soriano), Manila | [261] [262] |
Cabo Pilar | Chile, Punta Davis, Strait of Magellan | 8 October 1987 | 4,900 | 7,500 | | [263] [187] [264] |
Elhani | Singapore, off Pulau Satumu, Singapore Strait | July 1987 | 2,300 | | | [265] |
Stolt Advance | Singapore, off Saint John's Island, Singapore Strait | July 1987 | unknown | unknown | | [266] |
MV Fern Passet grounding | United States, St Johns River mouth, Florida | February 1987 | 346 | 346 | | [267] [268] |
Amazon Venture oil spill | United States, Port of Savannah, Georgia | 4 December 1986 | 1,623.38 | 1,623.38 | Calluna Maritime Corporation | |
1986 Bahía Las Minas oil spill | Panama, Isla Payardi, Bahía Las Minas | 27 April 1986 | 6,821 | unknown | Refineria Panamá, subsidiary of Texaco, Inc. | [269] [270] |
Tanker Barge Apex Houston | United States, California Coast from Marin County to Big Sur, San Francisco, California | 28 January 1986 | 98 | 98 | Apex Towing Company | [271] |
Nova | Iran, Gulf of Iran, Kharg Island | 6 December 1985 | 70,000 | 70,000 | | [203] |
Grand Eagle | United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 28 September 1985 | 1,400 | 1,400 | | [272] |
Coral Sea / Napo collision | Cuba | 11 April 1985 | | | | [273] |
Puerto Rican | United States, Golden Gate, San Francisco, California | 31 October 1984 | 3,411 | 4,775 | | [274] |
Alvenus | United States, Calcasieu Channel, Louisiana | 30 July 1984 | 9,160 | 9,160 | | [275] |
SS Mobil Oil | United States, Columbia River, Longview, Washington | 19 March 1984 | 550 | 650 | | [276] [277] |
Castillo de Bellver | South Africa, Saldanha Bay | 6 August 1983 | 252,000 | 252,000 | | [203] |
Nowruz Field Platform | Iran, Persian Gulf | 4 February 1983 | 260,000 | 260,000 | | [278] |
Globe Asimi [ lt ] | Soviet Union, Lithuanian SSR, Klaipėda | 21 November 1981 | 17,000 | 17,000 | Cantabria Shipping Ltd | [279] [280] |
Druzhba pipeline | Czechoslovakia, Bartoušov | 3 November 1980 | 6,000 | 6,000 | | [281] |
Production Well D-103 | Libya, Tripoli | 1 August 1980 | 140,000 | 140,000 | | [282] [283] |
Tanio oil spill | France, Brittany | 7 March 1980 | 13,500 | 13,500 | | [284] |
Irenes Serenade | Greece, Pylos | 23 February 1980 | 100,000 | 100,000 | | [203] |
MT Independenţa | Turkey, Bosphorus | 15 November 1979 | 95,000 | 95,000 | | [203] |
Burmah Agate | United States, Galveston Bay, Texas | 1 November 1979 | 8,440 | 8,440 | | [285] |
Aphrodite | Port Stanvac, South Australia | 20 July 1979 | unknown | unknown | | [286] |
Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain | Trinidad and Tobago | 19 July 1979 | 287,000 | 287,000 | | [203] [287] [288] |
Ixtoc I oil spill | Mexico, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico | 3 June 1979 –23 March 1980 | 454,000 | 480,000 | Pemex | [289] [290] [291] |
Betelgeuse | Ireland, Bantry Bay | 8 January 1979 | 64,000 | 64,000 | | [292] |
Peck Slip Spill | Puerto Rico, Cabo San Juan, Puerto Rico | 19 December 1978 | 1,550 | 1,550 | Sun Oil Company | [293] |
Cabo Tamar | Chile, San Vincente Bay | 7 June 1978 | 12,500 | 12,500 | | [263] |
Amoco Cadiz | France, Brittany | 16 March 1978 | 223,000 | 227,000 | Amoco | [190] [203] [294] [295] |
Trans-Alaska Pipeline sabotage by explosives | United States, Alaska | 15 February 1978 | 2,162 | 2,162 | | [296] |
Brazilian Marina | Brazil, Sao Sebastiao Channel, São Paulo | 9 January 1978 | 10,039 | 10,039 | | [297] [298] |
Venpet-Venoil collision | South Africa, Cape St. Francis | 16 December 1977 | 26,600 | 30,500 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation | [299] |
Unknown ship | United States, Key Largo, Florida | 1 May 1977 | | | | [300] |
Ekofisk oil field | Norway, North Sea | 22 April 1977 | 27,600 | 27,600 | | [301] [302] |
MV Hawaiian Patriot | United States, 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) off Honolulu, Hawaii | 26 February 1977 | 95,000 | 95,000 | | [190] [203] |
Borag | Taiwan, Northern coast | 7 February 1977 | 34,000 | 34,000 | | [303] |
Argo Merchant | United States, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts | 15 December 1976 | 25,000 | 28,000 | | [304] [305] |
NEPCO 140 | United States, Saint Lawrence River | 23 June 1976 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | [306] [307] |
Urquiola | Spain, A Coruña | 12 May 1976 | 100,000 | 100,000 | | [203] |
St. Peter | Colombia, Cabo Manglares | 5 February 1976 –November 1976 | 38,056 | 38,056 | | [308] |
Niger Delta | Nigeria, Niger Delta | 1976 –1996 | 258,000 | 328,000 | Royal Dutch Shell | [309] |
Olympic Bravery | France, Ushant | 24 January 1976 | 900 | 900 | Onassis | [310] |
Liberian tanker Garbis | United States, Florida Keys | 18 July 1975 | 135 | 21,000 | | [300] [311] [312] : 64 |
Epic Colocotronis Spill | Puerto Rico, Rincon, Puerto Rico | 13 May 1975 | 61,000 | 61,000 | Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain | [313] |
Tarik Ibn Ziyad | Brazil, Sao Sebastiao terminal, Santos | 26 March 1975 | 10,000 | 20,000 | | [314] [315] [316] |
Corinthos | United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 31 January 1975 | 36,000 | 36,000 | | |
Jakob Maersk | Portugal, Oporto | 29 January 1975 | 88,000 | 88,000 | | [203] |
Afran Zodiac | Ireland, Bantry Bay | 10 January 1975 | 451 | 451 | | [317] |
Showa Maru | Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait | 7 January 1975 | 3,300 | 4,500 | | [318] [319] |
VLCC Metula | Chile, Strait of Magellan | 9 August 1974 | 50,000 | 51,000 | | [320] |
Oriental Pioneer | South Africa, Struisbaai | 22 July 1974 | 200 | 200 | | [321] [322] |
Jawachta | Sweden, Smygehuk | 20 December 1973 | 3,000 | 16,000 | | [323] |
Trinimar Marine Well 327 | Venezuela, Gulf of Paria | 8 August 1973 | 1,091 | 1,091 | | [324] |
Napier | Chile, Guamblin Island | June 1973 | 30,000 | 30,000 | | [325] |
S.S. Zoe Colocotronis Spill | Puerto Rico, Lajas, Puerto Rico | 18 March 1973 | 5,170 | 5,170 | Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain | [326] |
Irish Stardust | Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia | January 1973 | 450 | 450 | | [327] |
Sea Star | Iran, Gulf of Oman | 19 December 1972 | 115,000 | 115,000 | Samyang Navigation | [190] [203] |
Oswego-Guardian –Texanita collision | South Africa, Stilbaai | 21 August 1972 | 10,000 | 10,000 | | [328] |
Myrtea | Singapore, off Pulau Bukom, Singapore Strait | June 1972 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | [329] |
Texaco Denmark | Belgium, North Sea | 7 December 1971 | 107,000 | 107,000 | | [330] |
Navy tanker Towle | United States, New York City, New York, Gravesend Bay | 14 July 1971 | 123 | 123 | | [331] [332] |
Texaco Oklahoma | United States | 27 March 1971 | 25,700 | 31,500 | | [323] [333] |
Trinity Navigator | United Kingdom, Devon | 2 March 1971 | unknown | unknown | | [334] |
Wafra | South Africa, Cape Agulhas | 21 February 1971 | 27,000 | 27,000 | | [335] [336] |
Arizona Standard / Oregon Standard collision | United States, San Francisco Bay | 17 January 1971 | 2,700 | 2,700 | | [337] [338] [339] |
Othello | Sweden, Trälhavet Bay | 20 March 1970 | 50,000 | 60,000 | | [190] [215] |
Platform Charlie | United States, Louisiana | 10 February 1970 | unknown | unknown | | [340] |
SS Arrow | Canada, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia | 4 February 1970 | 10,330 | 10,330 | | [341] |
Hamilton Trader | United Kingdom, Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea | 30 April 1969 | 546 | 546 | | [342] |
Santa Barbara | United States, Santa Barbara, California | 28 January 1969 | 6,000 | 14,000 | | [343] |
Witwater | Panama, Canal Zone, Galeta Island | 13 December 1968 | 1,910 | 1,910 | | [344] |
World Glory | South Africa, 65 miles ENE of Durban | 13 June 1968 | 44,058 | 46,000 | World Tankers Co. Inc. | [345] [346] [347] |
Genevieve | United States, Corpus Christi, Texas | 25 April 1968 | unknown | unknown | Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd. | [348] |
Andron | Namibia, between Luderitz and Walvis Bay | 8 May 1968 | | | | [349] [350] |
Esso Essen | South Africa | April 1968 | 4,092 | 4,092 | | [349] |
General Colocotronis | Bahamas, Eleuthera | 7 March 1968 | 5,047 | 5,047 | | [351] |
Ocean Eagle | Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 March 1968 | 12,000 | 12,500 | Transocean Tankers Inc. | [352] [353] |
R.C. Stoner | United States, Pacific Ocean, Wake Island | 1967 | 20,000 | 20,000 | | [323] |
Torrey Canyon | United Kingdom, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 18 March 1967 | 80,000 | 119,000 | | [190] [203] |
Mississippi River oil spill (1962–1963) | United States, Savage and Mankato, Minnesota | 8 December 1962 –23 January 1963 | 11,000 | 15,000 | | |
African Queen | United States, Ocean City, Maryland | 30 December 1958 | 21,000 | 21,000 | | [354] [355] |
Avila Beach pipeline | United States, Avila Beach, California | 1950s –1996 | 1,300 | 1,300 | | [356] |
Guadalupe Oil Field | United States, Guadalupe, California | 1950s –1994 | 29,000 | 29,000 | | [356] |
Sliedrecht | South Africa, Cape Town, Table Bay | November 1953 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | [357] |
SS Jacob Luckenbach | United States, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, San Francisco, California | 14 July 1953 –present | 1,484 | 1,484 | | [358] |
Esso Wheeling | South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town | 4 November 1948 | | | | [359] |
Berth 157 | United States, Wilmington | 2 June 1948 | | | | [360] |
SS Douglas Victory | United States, Wilmington, California | 27 March 1948 | | | | [361] |
SS River Raisin | United States | 1948 | | | | [362] |
Lincoln | South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town | 1946 | | | | [359] |
Greenpoint, Brooklyn | United States, Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York | 1940s –1950s | 55,200 | 97,400 | | [363] |
Seria Field 14 wells | Brunei | 12 June 1945 –September 1945 | unknown | unknown | | [364] [365] [366] |
Scuttled tanker El Grillo | Iceland, Seyðisfjörður | February 1944 –present | unknown | unknown | | [367] |
SS Frank H. Buck / SS President Coolidge collision | United States, San Francisco Bay, California | 6 March 1937 | 8,870 | 8,870 | | [337] [368] |
Lakeview Gusher | United States, Kern County, California | 14 March 1910 –10 September 1911 | 1,230,000 | 1,230,000 | | [369] |
Thomas W. Lawson | United Kingdom, Isles of Scilly | 14 December 1907 | 7,400 | 7,400 | | [370] |
SS Petriana | Australia, Port Phillip, Victoria | 30 November 1903 | 1,300 | 1,300 | Asiatic Petroleum Company | [371] |
Copley No. 1 Well | United States, Glenville, West Virginia | 22 September 1900 | 1,610 | 1,610 | South Penn Oil Company | [372] |