List of oil spills

List of oil spills

This is a list of oil spills throughout the world.

One tonne of crude oil is roughly equal to 308 US gallons, or 7.33 barrels. The amounts shown are inexact.

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ee also

* Oil spills on the Delaware River, United States

External links

* [http://www.marinergroup.com/oil-spill-history.htm Oil Spills History]
* [http://www.itopf.com/stats.html Oil Spill Statistics]
* [http://www.endgame.org/oilspills.htm List of major oil spills]
* [http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/edu/student_pages/1999/tryfell/OIL%20WEB/Largest%20Spills/Table%202.html Oil Spills Involving More Than 10 Million Gallons]
* [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/recent-oil-spills Greenpeace: recent oil spills]


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