Oil Spills in Last 25 Years

Nine Notable

AP 19nov02

1. Jan. 25, 1991 - Iran, an estimated 460 million gallons of crude into the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War.
2. June 3, 1979 - The exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 in the Gulf of Mexico blows out, spilling an estimated 140 million gallons of crude oil into the open sea.
3. Jan. 5, 1993 - The Brear grounds off the Shetland Islands releasing 26 million gallons of oil.
4. Dec. 3, 1992 - The Greek tanker Aegean Sea loses 21.5 million gallons of crude oil when it runs aground off northwestern Spain.
5. Feb. 15, 1996 - The Sea Empress grounds off Wales spilling 18 million gallons of oil.
6. March 24, 1989 - Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 10.92 million gallons of crude oil.
7. Dec. 12, 1999 - The tanker Erika breaks apart and sinks off Britanny on the French Atlantic coast spilling 3 million gallons of oil.
8. March 20, 2001 - The world's biggest floating oil rig sinks into the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, spilling 92,000 gallons of diesel into the sea.