Lauryn Becker timeline

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  • The Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill

    The Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill

    Large crude carrier with 69 million gallons of oil spilled.
  • The Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill

    The Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill

    released up to 140 million gallons of oil and some sources rank the Ixtoc 1 accident as the second worst oil spill of all time
  • The Atlantic Empress Oil Spill

    The Atlantic Empress Oil Spill

    released an estimated 90 million gallons of oil into the Atlantic Ocean in the collision of two tankers in a tropical storm.
  • The Incidents at the Nowruz Oil Field

    The Incidents at the Nowruz Oil Field

    an Iranian oil platform above the Nowruz oil field was struck by a tanker. About 63,000 gallons of oil was spilled.
  • The Castillo de Bellver Oil Spill

    The Castillo de Bellver Oil Spill

    A fire was caught aboard The Castillo de Bellver carrying 79 million gallons of oil.
  • The Persian Gulf War Oil Spill

    The Persian Gulf War Oil Spill

    The world’s largest known oil spill was not an accident, Iraq's leader invaded and attacked. 380 million and 520 million gallons of oil were spilled.
  • The Mingbulak or Fergana Valley Oil Spill

    The Mingbulak or Fergana Valley Oil Spill

    The largest land-based oil spill in history
  • the Kolva River Spill

    the Kolva River Spill

    caused by a breach in a corroded oil pipeline,Oil pooled around the rupture site for eight months. spilling roughly 84 million gallons of oil.
  • BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    The largest accidental oil spill in history began in the Gulf of Mexico, after a surge of natural gas blasted through a cement well cap that had recently been installed to seal a well.
  • Emerald

    Emerald

    Oil spill in Israel, Mediterranean shoreline. Most recent oil spill.