Recent Major International Oil Spills (Greater Than 1,000 Gallons) - Oceana USA

Recent Major International Oil Spills (Greater Than 1,000 Gallons)

Spill (gallons)

Location

Date

Substance

Source

200 million Gulf of Mexico 4/20/2010 Crude oil Offshore rig blowout (Deepwater Horizon)

23.7 million

Spain

11/13/2002

Crude oil

Tanker destroyed

8.6 million Pakistan 7/28/2003 Crude oil Tanker destroyed
6.2 million Timor Sea, offshore Australia 8/21/2009 Crude oil Well blowout
3.7 million South Korea 12/7/2007 Crude oil Tanker collision
1.68 million Offshore Nigeria 12/21/2011 Crude oil Transfer of crude from FPSO to tanker
1.3 million Australia 8/24/2009 Crude oil Offshore rig blowout
800,000 Michigan 7/26/2010 Crude oil Oil pipeline crack
756,000 Singapore 5/25/2010 Heavy fuel oil Tanker collision
530,000 Phillippines 8/11/2006 Crude oil Tanker destroyed
475,000 Vietnam 6/17/2009 Crude oil Tanker exploded
400,000 Liaoning province, China 7/17/2010 Crude oil Pipeline
134,400 Bohai Bay, China 6/17/2011 Crude oil and oil-based drilling mud Seafloor seep due to drilling
126,000 Offshore Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil 11/7/2011 Crude oil Seafloor seep due to drilling
115,000 Vietnam 4/27/2010 Diesel fuel Tanker sank
93,000 Astrolabe Reef, offshore New Zealand 10/5/2011 Heavy fuel oil Tanker spill (Rena)
55,000 North Sea, United Kingdom 8/10/2011 Crude oil Undersea pipeline
25,000 Nightingale Island 3/22/2011 Crude oil Cargo ship wreck
22,000 Australia 3/11/2009 Crude oil Cargo ship leak
12,000 Mumbai 8/7/2010 Diesel fuel Ship collision