There was an average of 1. So far for , there have been no noted oil spills in which more than metric tons of oil was leaked. In the years since the 's the number of oil tanker spills has been notably reduced. Largest ever oil spills The Gulf war oil spill in January is the largest global oil spill to ever take place since commercial drilling took off. An estimated to million gallons of oil were intentionally dumped into the ocean by the Iraqi government, which had invaded Kuwait and was trying to prevent the arrival of a UN-coalition navy force.
The second largest oil spill is also one of the more recent disasters, the Deepwater Horizon wellhead blowout in Over million gallons of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico, while 11 people were killed in the accident. Oil tanker spill causes Oil tankers are the prevailing means of transporting the commodity over distances greater than can be covered by pipelines.
Running aground is the most common cause of large oil spills from tankers. You need a Single Account for unlimited access. Full access to 1m statistics Incl. Single Account. View for free. Show source. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member? Log in. More information. Supplementary notes. Other statistics on the topic. Emissions Average PM2. Waste Management World's biggest dump sites Emissions Global CO2 emissions related to energy Emissions Global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide Profit from additional features with an Employee Account.
Coast Guard data show an overall decrease since , with the exception in when Hurricane Katrina caused numerous spills and in when the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit sank after an explosion and fire, leaving a well open to discharge crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
The well discharged Table in Excel format Historical data. Subsequently, the MODU sank, leaving an open exploratory well to discharge crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three months. Read more from Reality Check. Send us your questions.
Follow us on Twitter. Image source, Getty Images. Beaches in Mauritius have been badly affected by the oil spill. How many oil spills are there? The Amoco Cadiz spilled more than , tonnes of oil off the French coast in How much oil has been lost?
Getty Images. Biggest oil tanker spills at sea In tonnes , Atlantic Empress off Tobago in What causes these oil spills? What about the damage from oil spills? Seals stuck in a slick created by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in Why the Mauritius oil spill is so serious.
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