Major Oil Spills

Sant Barbara

Jan 30, 1969

4.2 million gallons of oil spilled
lots of thick, black film across the shore
Senator Gaylord Nelson made Earth Day

Sansinea

Dec 17, 1976

1.26 million gallons of oil spilled
In Las Angeles harbor

Amoco Cadiz

Mar 17, 1978

68.7 miliion gallons of oil spilled
Brittany, France
American Supertanker runs into rock
125 miles of shore covered with oil

Ixtoc

Jun 3, 1979

140 million gallons spilled
On Yucatan Peninsula
50 miles away from peninsula

Exxon Valdez

Mar 24, 1989

10.8 million gallons of oil spilled
In Prince William Sound located in Alaska
American tanker caused the spill

Megaborg

Jun 18, 1990

4.2 million gallons of oil spilled
Off Gulf of Mexico
Caused by Norweigan tanker

Kuwait

Jan 21, 1991

378 million gallons of oil spilled
Caused by Hussein of Iraq
Has no underground water sources

Hurricane Katrina

Aug 29, 2005

7.98 million gallons of oil spilled.
140 mph winds caused damage to Gulf platforms and uprooting of pipelines.

Gulf of Mexico

Apr 20, 2010

Deep Water Horizon exploded
Leasesd by BP
A rig sank and a pipe broke 50 miles offshore
Some say as much as 1 050 000 gallons of oil is spilling a day