Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Torrey Canyon

    Uploaded by

    Celestian Valensario Paderanga
    23 views1 page
    This document lists several major oil spills that occurred between 1976 and 2002, including the Torrey Canyon spill of 31 million gallons off England and France in 1976, the Amoco Cadiz spill of 223,000 tons off France in 1978, and the Exxon Valdez spill of 240,000 barrels in Alaska in 1989, which led to the implementation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Several other large spills are also mentioned, such as the Sea Empress spill of 70,000 tons in Wales in 1996 and the Prestige spill of 70,000 tons off Spain in 2002, which was the largest maritime spill in history.

    Original Description:

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document lists several major oil spills that occurred between 1976 and 2002, including the Torrey Canyon spill of 31 million gallons off England and France in 1976, the Amoco Cadiz spill of 223,000 tons off France in 1978, and the Exxon Valdez spill of 240,000 barrels in Alaska in 1989, which led to the implementation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Several other large spills are also mentioned, such as the Sea Empress spill of 70,000 tons in Wales in 1996 and the Prestige spill of 70,000 tons off Spain in 2002, which was the largest maritime spill in history.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    23 views1 page

    Torrey Canyon

    Uploaded by

    Celestian Valensario Paderanga
    This document lists several major oil spills that occurred between 1976 and 2002, including the Torrey Canyon spill of 31 million gallons off England and France in 1976, the Amoco Cadiz spill of 223,000 tons off France in 1978, and the Exxon Valdez spill of 240,000 barrels in Alaska in 1989, which led to the implementation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Several other large spills are also mentioned, such as the Sea Empress spill of 70,000 tons in Wales in 1996 and the Prestige spill of 70,000 tons off Spain in 2002, which was the largest maritime spill in history.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    Torrey Canyon March 18, 1976/struck pollards rock/oil leaked 31,000,000 gallons between England and France.

    Urquiola May 1976/ More than 50,000 tons of oil (estimated)/grounding, explosion, burning/La Coruna harbour, Spain/ The Argo Merchant December 15 1976/ Ran aground/Nantucket USA/183,000 barrels of oil/ The Amoco Cadiz March 16, 1978/ Ran aground/223,000 tons of crude oil/Brittanys coast Odyssey November 10, 1988/ 132,157 tonnes of North Sea Brent crude oil. Exxon Valdez March 24, 1989/240,000 barrels of crude oil/ implementation of Oil Pollution Act 1990/Alaska American Trader February 7, 1990/300,000 gallons of crude/Bosa Chica, California M/T Heaven 1991/ 50,000 tonnes of crude oil/Italy ABT Summer May 28, 1991/260,000 tonnes of Iranian heavy crude oil/explosion and fire/Angola Nagasaki Spirit September 19, 1992/collided with container/12,000 tonnes of crude oil Aegean Sea December 3, 1992/ ran aground/La Coruna/80,000 tonnes cargo oil/Greek tanker Braer, January 6, 1993/ Liberian Tanker/ ran aground/Shetland /85,000 mt of oil Sea Empress February 15, 1996/ first holed of Haven/ largest spill in the region/ 70,000 tonnes of North Sea light crude oil. Erika December 12 1999/ Britanny France worst environmental disaster/ 400 kilometres polluting Prestige November 2002/ 70,000 tons fuel oil/Coast of Galicia/largest spill in maritime history

    You might also like