5 Exxon Valdez
Location: Prince William Sound, Alaska 1989
Polluted by oil: 200,000 tons
Although not one of the largest oil spills that happened it was definitely one of the worst spills. Off the coast of Alaska Exxon Valdez tanker hit the reef and spilled tons more mjesta.Exxon Valdez is only half the normal crew of tankers had to do with inadequate technology on board. Because of the area that was extremely difficult for rescue workers and cleaning workers to get to the oil spill in the first place. The region is also home to a wide array of wildlife, most of which was killed off in the aftermath. It was considered the worst oil spill in the United States until ....
4 Deepwater Horizon
Location: Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi River Delta, USA 2010
Oil pollution: 200.000 to 400.00 tonnes
You all probably know the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the infamous fallout that destroyed at sea, fish, and BP. To be honest this oil spill is actually small compared to other oil spills, so why make this list? Although it is May not have the absolute worst oil spill to definitely cause some serious damage. While other oil spill occurred in less populated areas, it happened in the middle of the main fishing waters. It also differs from other similar-sized oil is the fact that the oil is washed ashore and killed animals there as well. So, May was to have been one of the smaller oil spills it definitely caused a stir in the Gulf.
3 IXTOC1 Spill
Location: Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico 1980
Polluted by oil: 470,000 tons
IXTOC1 spills (say it 3x times fast) was one of the many spills that occurred in Mexico zaljevu.Meksička company Pemex for oil drilling when drilling deep and the ship suffered a blowout. The effects were disastrous to the local fishermen tell tales of dead fish washing on shore, and scientists say that 50% of local fish and seafood populations died off.
2.Gulf War oil spill
Location: Persian Gulf 1991
Oil pollution: 1.090.000 tons
In 1991 during the Gulf War a lot of people have things to regret. Iraqi forces opened its valves and the resulting number two was the worst oil spill ever. U.S. forces (meaning that they could quit and) started bombing valve failed to close the valve. Although the Persian Gulf oil temperature helped evaporate faster and further hurt the diverse flora and fauna that lived in the area. And unlike other spills on the list of cleaning workers could not reach areas, leaving even more devastated area.
1 Lakeview gusher
Location: Kern County, California 1910
Oil pollution: 1,200,000 tons
any place that has had 1.2 million tons of oil dumped on him is never going to be pretty mjesto.Priča goes to the Lakeview Oil Company began drilling for oil in Kern County. What they intended was to find natural gas, but what they did not realize that they were sitting on the largest oil reserve in America. What they also did not realize that the good in question is more pressure from the oil in it. When he started drilling Lakeview is a bubble to burst because of above 1.2 million tons of oil to be dumped on zemlju.Okoliša around Kern County was completely changed. The area around the site changes in sea caked ulja.Izlijevanja lasted 18 months, but the consequences can be seen even now, 100 years later.
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