Top 10 Biggest Oil Spills In History

General Knowledge Lists: The list of Top 10 Biggest Oil Spills In History.

Oct 15, 2011, 12:41 IST

Following is the list of Top 10 Biggest Oil Spills In History:

 

 

 S.No.  Oil Spill
 Location Gallons
 1 Gulf War, 1991 Kuwait
240 to 336 million
 2  Ixtoc 1 Oil Well, 1979
Bay of Campeche, Mexico
140 million
 3  Atlantic Empress, 1979
Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
88.3 million
 4  Fergana Valley, 1992
Uzbekistan
87.7 million
 5  Nowruz Oil Field, 1983
Persian Gulf
80 million
 6  ABT Summer, 1991
Off the coast of Angola
80 million
 7  Castillo de Bellver, 1983
Off Saldanha Bay, South Africa
78.5 million
 8  Amoco Cadiz, 1978
Off Brittany, France
68.7 million
 9  Odyssey Oil Spill, 1988
700 nautical miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada
43 million
 10  M/T Haven Tanker, 1991
Genoa, Italy
42 million

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