Incomplete list of other notable Oil Spills, ordered by Date
| Spill / Tanker |
Location |
Date |
*Tonnes of crude oil |
link |
| Guimaras oil spill |
Philippines |
2006 August 11 |
172 - 1540 |
[21] |
| Jiyeh power station oil spill |
Lebanon |
2006 July 14-15 |
20,000 to 30,000 |
[22] |
| Prudhoe Bay |
Alaska North Slope |
2006 March 2 |
866 |
[23] |
| Selendang Ayu |
Unalaska Island, Alaska, USA |
2004 December 8 |
1560 |
[24] |
| Athos 1 |
Delaware River, USA |
2004 November 26 |
860 |
|
| Tasman Spirit |
Karachi, Pakistan |
2003 July 28 |
10,000 to 28,000 |
[25] [26] |
| Bouchard No. 120 |
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA |
2003 April 27 |
320 |
[27] |
| Prestige |
Galicia, Spain |
2002 November 13 |
63,000 |
[28] [29] |
| Jessica |
Galapagos Islands |
2001 January |
568 |
[30] [31] |
| Treasure |
Cape Town, South Africa |
2000 June |
1,400 |
[32] |
| (ruptured pipeline) |
Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro |
2000 January |
1,100 |
[33] |
| Erika |
Bay of Biscay, France |
1999 December 12 |
15,000 - 25,000 |
[34] [35] |
| Mobil Nigeria Oil Spill |
Nigeria |
1998 January 12 |
5,500 |
[36] |
| Nakhodka |
Sea of Japan |
1997 December |
19,000 |
[37] |
| Sea Empress |
Wales, UK |
1996 February 15 |
40,000 - 72,000 |
[38] [39] |
| Seki |
United Arab Emirates |
1994 March 31 |
15,900 |
[40] |
| Braer |
Shetland Islands, UK |
1993 January 5 |
85,000 |
[41] |
| Aegean Sea |
A Coruña, Spain |
1992 December 3 |
74,000 |
[42] |
| Fergana Valley |
Uzbekistan |
1992 March 2 |
285,000 |
[43] |
| Katina P |
Maputo, Mozambique |
1992 |
72,000 |
[44] |
| Haven Tanker |
Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy |
1991 |
144,000 |
[45] |
| Gulf War oil spill |
Persian Gulf |
1991 January 23 |
780,000 - 1,500,000 |
[46] [47] |
| ABT Summer |
700 nautical miles off Angola |
1991 |
260,000 |
[48] |
| American Trader |
California, USA |
1990 |
980 |
[49] |
| Exxon Valdez |
Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA |
1989 March 24 |
37,000 |
[50] [51] |
| Khark 5 |
120 nautical miles off Atlantic coast of Morocco |
1989 |
70,000 - 80,000 |
[52] [53] |
| Odyssey |
700 nautical miles off Nova Scotia, Canada |
1988 |
132,000 |
[54] |
| Grand Eagle |
Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA |
1985 September 28 |
1400 |
|
| Nova |
Off Kharg Island, Gulf of Iran |
1985 |
70,000 |
[55] |
| Castillo de Bellver |
Saldanha Bay, South Africa |
1983 August 6 |
252,000 |
[56] |
| Nowruz oil field |
Persian Gulf |
1983 February |
260,000 |
[57] |
| Irenes Serenade |
Navarino Bay, Greece |
1980 |
100,000 |
[58] |
| Burmah Agate |
Galveston Bay, Texas, USA |
1979 November 1 |
? |
|
| Ixtoc I oil well |
Gulf of Mexico |
1979 June 3 - 1980 March 23 |
454,000 - 480,000 |
[59] [60] |
| Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1979 July 19 |
287,000 |
[61] [62] |
| Independenta |
Bosphorus, Turkey |
1979 |
95,000 |
[63] |
| Amoco Cadiz |
Brittany, France |
1978 March 16 |
223,000 |
[64] [65] |
| Ekofisk oil field |
North Sea |
1977 April 22 |
? |
|
| Hawaiian Patriot |
300 nautical miles off Honolulu, Hawaii |
1977 February 26 |
95,000 |
[66][67] |
| Argo Merchant |
Nantucket Island |
1976 December 21 |
25,000 |
[68] |
| Urquiola |
A Coruña, Spain |
1976 May 12 |
100,000 |
[69] |
| Corinthos |
Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA |
1975 January 31 |
35,700 |
|
| Jakob Maersk |
Oporto, Portugal |
1975 |
88,000 |
[70] |
| Sea Star |
Gulf of Oman |
1972 December 19 |
115,000 |
[71] [72] |
| Othello |
Tralhavet Bay, Sweden |
1970 March 20 |
50,000 - 60,000 |
[73] [74] |
| Keo |
Massachusetts, USA |
1969 November 5 |
? |
|
| (storage tank) |
Sewaren, New Jersey, USA |
1969 November 4 |
? |
|
| World Glory |
South Africa |
1968 June 13 |
? |
|
| Torrey Canyon |
Scilly Isles, UK |
1967 March 18 |
80,000 - 119,000 |
[75] [76] |
| Exxon Brooklyn Oil Spill |
Newton Creek Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA |
1940's and 1950's |
55,000 |
[77][78] |
