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Largest oil spills

2020.01.27
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Largest oil spills
Spill / Tanker Location Date Tonnes of crude oil
(thousands)[a]
Barrels
(thousands)
US Gallons
(thousands)
 
Kuwaiti Oil Fires[dubious – discuss][b]  Kuwait January 16, 1991 – November 6, 1991 136,000 1,000,000

42,000,000

 
Kuwaiti Oil Lakes [c]  Kuwait January 1991 – November 1991 3,409–6,818 25,000–50,000

1,050,000–2,100,000

 
Lakeview Gusher  United States, Kern County, California March 14, 1910 – September 1911 1,200 9,000

378,000

 
Gulf War oil spill [d]  Kuwait, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf January 19, 1991 – January 28, 1991 818–1,091 6,000–8,000

252,000–336,000

 
Deepwater Horizon  United States, Gulf of Mexico April 20, 2010 – July 15, 2010 560–585 4,100–4,900

172,000–180,800

 
Ixtoc I  Mexico, Gulf of Mexico June 3, 1979 – March 23, 1980 454–480 3,329–3,520

139,818–147,840

 
Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain  Trinidad and Tobago July 19, 1979 287 2,105

88,396

 
Fergana Valley  Uzbekistan March 2, 1992 285 2,090

87,780

 
Nowruz Field Platform  Iran, Persian Gulf February 4, 1983 260 1,907

80,080

 
ABT Summer  Angola, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) offshore May 28, 1991 260 1,907

80,080

 
Castillo de Bellver Union of South Africa South Africa, Saldanha Bay August 6, 1983 252 1,848

77,616

 
Amoco Cadiz  France, Brittany March 16, 1978 223 1,635

68,684

 

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