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santa barbara 4.2 million gallons spilled
An oil leak of the coast of santa barbara leaked for 12 days
4.2 million gallons of oil were spilt
Blackfilm along 35 miles of shorline
cleanup crew (prisoners) scatterd tons of straw to soak up the oil
Lead to senator Gaylord A. Nelson to start earth day -
sansinena 1.26 million gallons
When an explosion split the vesel sansinena in half in the middle of las vegas harbor
Whitin two hours booms and containment were deployed
Gear was used for 120 days -
amoco cadiz 68.7 million gallons
American supertanker broke in 2 on rocks
3 miles off the coast of brittany , france
coverd many miles of coast land -
itox i 140 million gallons
an exploratory well of the coast of the yucatan peninsula
blew up and leaked 140 million gallons of oil in to the ocean
prevaling winds blew the spill away from shore
no damage happend to the ecosystems on land -
Exon valdez 10.8 million gallons
a american oil tanker full of crude oil ran aground in the prince of wales sound
spilt 10.8 million gallons of oil
the spill killed tons of wildlife
and its effects are still felt today -
megaborg 4.2 milllion gallons
an engine room explosion aboard a norwegian flaged vessel
spilt 4.2 million gallons of oil
a raging fire burnt for two weeks -
kuwait 378 million gallons
retreating iraqis opened oil well valves and set fire to major oil rigs
effect was huge on the middle east and us
gas and oil prices shot sky hight -
hurrican katrina 7.9 million gallons
hurricane katrina sustained 140 mile an hour winds
wich ripped apart many oil rigs spilling oil into the gulf
off shore oil rigs were uprooted and sunk
the effects are still felt today -
deepwater horizon ongoing 1 billion gallons and growing
a british patrolem oil rig in the gulf of mexico exploded and sank after burnning for 2 days
10 men were killed
a pipe was broke by the sinking oil rig
and continues to spew oil to this day
