Oil spill history timeline
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19 Sep 2010 A timeline of events since the 20 April start of the BP oil leak in the Gulf The US government says the oil spill is officially the biggest leak ever,
25 Jul 2015 Five years ago today, an oil pipeline near Marshall, Michigan split open, starting the biggest inland oil spill in U.S. history. The heavy tar sands 23 Apr 2010 Oil can be spilled when a pipeline breaks, ships collide or are grounded (as happened earlier this month along the Great Barrier Reef), 27 Aug 2019 21 August 2019 is the 10-year anniversary of the Montara oil spill, one of the largest in Australian history. Umar Ali explores this disaster's 3 Jun 2016 The derailment of an oil train in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge follows a string of fiery accidents in the U.S. and Canada as shipments of crude 19 Aug 2015 TIMELINE: The Conservative Media's History Of Ignoring Pollution Prior To EPA 17, 2015: Bridger Pipeline Spills 50,000 Gallons Of Oil Into 20 Nov 2018 S. Coast Guard told Taylor Energy to contain and clean up the spill, spill in the nation's history, which spewed 4 million barrels of oil into gulf waters. for implementing a containment system and timeline for completing it. April 20, 2010 – The Transocean offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, under the is issued by the Florida Governor as a result of the spreading oil spill. July 15
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The BP oil spill disaster: a timeline of events. The conclusion of BP’s multi-billion dollar civil court case is to enter its third and final phase in January, marking another step on the way to reputational recovery. The BP oil disaster resulted in 11 deaths, and billions of dollars in fines. Leaks appear to be releasing 1,000 barrels a day. Sunday, April 25-The oil slick covering 600 square miles and spreading north, is about 70 miles south of the Mississippi and Alabama coastline. Monday, April 26-The oil slick stretches 80 miles across the Gulf and is 36 miles southeast of Louisiana. Oil spill, leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water. Oceanic oil spills became a major environmental problem in the 1960s, chiefly as a result of intensified petroleum exploration and production on continental shelves and the use of supertankers capable of transporting more than 500,000 metric tons of oil. BP oil spill: the official Deepwater Horizon disaster timeline BP's report into the Deepwater Horizon oil well disaster contains a detailed timeline of events. Find out how the data shows what April 20, 2010: Explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig kills 11 rig workers and unleashes the worst offshore oil spill in US history, with 4.9m barrels of oil released into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on 22 April 2010, which is known as the largest accidental spill in history, released an estimated 210 million gallons of oil into the ocean. The spill was caused by the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf region.
The blowout of the Union Oil rig spilled an estimated 4.2 million gallons of oil. Some 3,500 birds were killed as well as some 100 elephant seals and sea lions on
Gulf War Oil Spill (January 21, 1991): Iraqi forces opened valves at oil terminals, dumped oil from tankers, and destroyed oil wells during the first Gulf War. According to estimates, between 240 and 460 million gallons of oil were spilled. In its own internal report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill - the first to be published since the disaster - BP spreads the blame for the 11 April explosion and resulting leak. In a 193-page report BP accepts responsibility in part for the disaster, but also blames other companies working on the well. In the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the U.S. Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which President George H.W. Bush signed into law that year. Texan oil company Anadarko Petroleum, which owns 25% of the Macondo well, is expected to reveal it has been billed $1bn (£630m) by BP so far for its share of cleaning up the oil spill. This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallons, 7.33 barrels, or 1165 litres.
Lizama 158 oil well spilled into Lizama River, contaminating Sogamoso River, a tributary to Colombia's largest river, the Magdalena. OT Southern Star 7
23 Apr 2010 Oil can be spilled when a pipeline breaks, ships collide or are grounded (as happened earlier this month along the Great Barrier Reef), 27 Aug 2019 21 August 2019 is the 10-year anniversary of the Montara oil spill, one of the largest in Australian history. Umar Ali explores this disaster's 3 Jun 2016 The derailment of an oil train in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge follows a string of fiery accidents in the U.S. and Canada as shipments of crude 19 Aug 2015 TIMELINE: The Conservative Media's History Of Ignoring Pollution Prior To EPA 17, 2015: Bridger Pipeline Spills 50,000 Gallons Of Oil Into 20 Nov 2018 S. Coast Guard told Taylor Energy to contain and clean up the spill, spill in the nation's history, which spewed 4 million barrels of oil into gulf waters. for implementing a containment system and timeline for completing it. April 20, 2010 – The Transocean offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, under the is issued by the Florida Governor as a result of the spreading oil spill. July 15
Gulf War Oil Spill (January 21, 1991): Iraqi forces opened valves at oil terminals, dumped oil from tankers, and destroyed oil wells during the first Gulf War. According to estimates, between 240 and 460 million gallons of oil were spilled. In its own internal report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill - the first to be published since the disaster - BP spreads the blame for the 11 April explosion and resulting leak. In a 193-page report BP accepts responsibility in part for the disaster, but also blames other companies working on the well. In the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the U.S. Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which President George H.W. Bush signed into law that year.