List of oil spills

This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallons, 7.33 barrels, or 1165 litres. This calculation uses a median value of 0.858 for the specific gravity of light crude oil; actual values can range from 0.816 to 0.893, so the amounts shown below are inexact. They are also estimates, because the actual volume of an oil spill is difficult to measure exactly.

Confirmed spills

Spill or vessel	Location	Dates[a]	Tonnes (min)	Tonnes (max)	Owner	Ref(s)
2025 Indian Creek tanker truck rollover	United States, Indian Creek, Port Angeles, Washington	18 July 2025	9.74	9.74		[1][2]
Langsat Terminal oil leak	Malaysia, Johor, Langsat Terminal	4 April 2025
2025 PCG Brani Regional Base oil leak	Singapore, Pulau Brani	5 February 2025	23	23	Police Coast Guard (Singapore)
Yangze 22	China, Yangtze River, near Hengsha East Anchorage	30 December 2024	9	9	Nebula Shipping
2024 Bukom refinery leak	Singapore, off Pulau Bukom	27 December 2024			Shell	[3]
Karak Highway tanker truck rollover	Malaysia, Selangor, Sungai Gombak	25 December 2024	20	20		[4]
2024 Peru oil spill	Peru, Piura, near Talara Refinery	21 December 2024				[5]
Ines Corrado	Singapore, off Changi, Singapore Strait	28 October 2024	5	5	Gestion Maritime	[6]
2024 Bukom pipeline leak	Singapore, off Pulau Bukom	20 October 2024	30	40	Shell	[7][8]
2024 Golfe Triste oil spill	Venezuela, near Puerto Cabello	17 August 2024			Petroleos de Venezuela SA	[9][10][11]
2024 Manila Bay oil spill - MT Terra Nova capsized and sank in 34m depth of water[12]	Philippines, Manila Bay	24 July 2024	unknown	~1,500	(MT Terra Nova sailed under the Philippine flag)	[13]
2024 Singapore oil spill / Vox Maxima and Marine Honour	Singapore, Pasir Panjang Terminal	14 June 2024	400	400	Van Oord and Vitol Bunkers	[14][15][16][17]
Karak Highway tanker truck rollover	Malaysia, Selangor	13 May 2024				[18][19]
Gulfstream	Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago	7 February 2024		4,773		[20][21]
El Palito Refinery	Venezuela, Golfo Triste	December 2023			Petróleos de Venezuela	[22]
Undersea pipeline near Louisiana coast	United States, Port Eads, Louisiana, Louisiana	16 November 2023	3,500	3,500	Main Pass Oil Gathering company	[23][24]
2023 Marco Polo oil spill	Sweden, Karlshamn, Blekinge	22 October 2023	150	180	TT-Line	[25]
Poole Harbour oil spill	United Kingdom, Wytch Farm, Poole Harbour, Dorset	26 March 2023		6	Perenco	[26]
2023 Princess Empress oil spill	Philippines, Pola, Oriental Mindoro	28 February 2023	881	881	RDC Reield Marine Services	[27]
2022 Keystone Pipeline oil spill	United States, Washington County, Kansas	7 December 2022	1,773	1,910	TC Energy	[28]
2022 Saint Bernard Parish oil spill	United States, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana	25 September 2022	65	65	Entergy Louisiana	[29]
2022 Frog Lake oil spill	United States, Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana	31 July 2022	13	13	WCC Energy	[30]
2022 Cheshire oil truck rollover	United States, Cheshire, Connecticut	11 February 2022	62.98	62.98	Libretti and Sons Fuel	[31]
2022 Callao oil spill	Ventanilla District, Callao, Peru	15 January 2022	1,626.39	1,861.68	Repsol	[32]
2021 New Orleans oil spill	United States, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana	27 December 2021	944.11	944.11	PBF Energy	[33][34]
2021 Orange County oil spill	United States, Orange County, California shoreline	1 October 2021	424.42	424.42	Amplify Energy	[35][36]
2021 Mediterranean oil spill / Emerald[b]	Israel, Lebanon, Mediterranean shoreline	11 February 2021	unknown	unknown	Emerald Marine Ltd[38]	[39]
Chevron Richmond Refinery	United States, Richmond, California	9 February 2021	1.9	1.9	Chevron Corporation	[40]
2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill	United States, North Carolina, Huntersville	14 August 2020	63,000	63,000	Colonial Pipeline	[41][42]
El Palito Refinery	Venezuela, Golfo Triste	8 August 2020	2,700	2,700	Petróleos de Venezuela	[43]
2020 Pointe D'Esny MV Wakashio oil spill	Mauritius, Ile Aux Aigrettes and Mahébourg	25 July 2020	1,300	4,300	Wakashio Suisan Company Limited, Kagoshima, Japan	[44][45]
Trans Mountain oil spill	Canada, British Columbia, Abbotsford	14 June 2020	118.5	184.87	Trans Mountain	[46]
Norilsk diesel fuel spill	Russia, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai	29 May 2020	17,500	17,500	Nornickel	[47][48]
Tanker truck pumping out sludge from a vessel	New Zealand, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty	30 March 2020	1.7	1.7		[49][50]
T. G. Williams Well No. 1 tank battery	United States, Texas, Oakland Creek, Longview	30 March 2020	unknown	unknown	Fortune Resources	[51]
Greka Energy oil facility	United States, California, Santa Maria	30 March 2020	'small'	unknown	Greka Energy	[52]
True Oil pipeline	United States, North Dakota, Red Wing Creek	27 March 2020	unknown	unknown	True Oil LLC	[53]
Tanker truck rollover	United States, California, Santa Maria, Cuyama River	21 March 2020	14.6	19.5		[54][55]
Keystone Pipeline 2019 spill	United States, North Dakota, Walsh County, North Dakota	29 October 2019	1,240	1,240	TransCanada Corporation	[56]
Willowton Oil	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, near Pietermaritzburg and Durban	August 2019	unknown	unknown	Willowton Group	[57]
North East Brazil oil spill (suspected source: NM Bouboulina)	Brazil, 733 km from Paraiba	29 July 2019	unknown	unknown	Delta Tankers Ltd.	[58]
Guarello Island iron ore export terminal diesel spill	Chile, Guarello Island, Magallanes Region	27 July 2019	35.4	35.4	Compañía de Acero del Pacífico	[59][60]
MV Chrysanthi S bunkering spill at sea	South Africa, Algoa Bay, Port of Ngqura	6 July 2019	0.2	0.4	SA Marine Fuels (bunkering service company)	[61][62]
MV Solomon Trader fuel oil spill	Solomon Islands, Rennell Island	5 February 2019	75	80	South Express Ltd	[63][64]
SeaRose FPSO production ship spill	Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	16 November 2018	219	219	Husky Energy	[65][66]
Ulysse-Virginia collision	North of Corsica (international waters)	October 2018				[67]
Port Erin diesel spill (source unknown)	Isle of Man	23 July 2018	unknown	unknown	unknown	[68]
Doon, Iowa derailment	United States, Lyon County, Iowa	22 June 2018	520	520	BNSF Railway	[69]
Sanchi oil tanker collision with CF Crystal	East China Sea	6 January 2018	138,000	138,000	National Iranian Tanker Company	[70]
Keystone Pipeline 2017 spill	United States, Marshall County, South Dakota	16 November 2017	1,322	1,322	TransCanada Corporation	[71]
Delta House floating production platform spill	United States, Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana	11 October 2017 – 12 October 2017	1,080	1,280	LLOG Exploration	[72][73]
Agia Zoni II	Greece, Saronic Gulf, Salamis	10 September 2017	2,500	2,500	Fos Petroleum SA	[74]
Chemroad Mega collision with Sinica Graeca	Malaysia, Johor, Pengerang, off Tompok Utara	19 August 2017			IINO Marine Services and Angelakos	[75]
East River insulating oil spill	United States, New York	7 May 2017	97	101	Con Edison	[76]
Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access Pipeline Leak	United States, North Dakota	4 April 2017	0.27	0.27	Energy Transfer Partners	[77]
Chennai Ennore oil spill	India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu	28 January 2017	251	251	Darya Shipping Solutions	[78][79][80]
APL Denver and Wan Hai 301	Singapore, off Pulau Ubin, East Johor Strait	3 January 2017	300	300		[81][82]
Belle Fourche pipeline leak	United States, North Dakota, Billings County, Ash Coulee Creek	5 December 2016	571	571	Belle Fourche Pipeline Company	[83]
Fox Creek pipeline leak	Canada, Alberta, Fox Creek	6 October 2016	240	240	Trilogy Energy	[84]
BP Clair production platform, North Sea	United Kingdom, Shetland, Clair platform	2 October 2016	105	105	S.McDonald/D.Goodrum	[85]
2016 Colonial Pipeline leak	United States, Shelby County, Alabama	12 September 2016	1,092	1,092	Colonial Pipeline Co	[86]
North Battleford pipeline spill	Canada, Saskatchewan, North Battleford	21 July 2016	170	210	Husky Energy	[87]
ConocoPhillips Canada pipeline spill	Canada, Alberta, Grande Cache	9 June 2016	323	323	ConocoPhillips	[88]
2016 Union Pacific oil train fire	United States, Oregon, Mosier	3 June 2016	152	152	Union Pacific Railroad	[89]
Denbury Resources Bowman County Oil SPill	United States, North Dakota Bowman County	18 May 2016	44	44	Denbury Resources	[90]
Shell Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Brutus offshore platform	United States, Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana	12 May 2016	316	316	Royal Dutch Shell	[91]
Keystone Pipeline 2016 spill	United States, Menno, South Dakota	2 April 2016	55	55	TransCanada Corporation	[92]
Refugio oil spill	United States, California, near Refugio State Beach	19 May 2015	330	330	Plains All American Pipeline	[93]
MV Marathassa bunker fuel spill	Canada, British Columbia, English Bay (Vancouver)	13 April 2015	2.3	2.3	Alassia NewShips Management Inc.	[94]
Illinois train derailment	United States, Illinois, near Galena	5 March 2015	1,300	1,300	BNSF Railway	[95]
2015 Yellowstone River oil spill	United States, Montana, near Glendive	17 January 2015	41	160	Bridger Pipeline LLC	[96][97]
Alyarmouk and Sinar Kapuas	Singapore, off Pedra Branca, Singapore Strait	2 January 2015	4,500	4,500		[98][99]
Black Sea oil pipeline spill	Russia, Tuapse, near Black Sea	24 December 2014	unknown	unknown	Transneft	[100]
2014 Israeli oil spill	Israel, Eilat, Trans-Israel pipeline	6 December 2014	1,948	4,300	Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company	[101]
Mid-Valley Pipeline	United States, Louisiana, Mooringsport	13 October 2014	546	546	Sunoco	[102]
Lake Michigan oil spill	United States, Indiana, Whiting refinery	24 March 2014	2	5	BP	[103][104][105]
MV Miss Susan/MV Summer Wind	United States, Texas, Houston Ship Channel	22 March 2014	546	546	Kirby Corporation	[106][107]
North Dakota pipeline spill	United States, North Dakota, Hiland	21 March 2014	110	110	Hiland Crude LLC	[108]
Hammonia Thracium and Zoey	Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait	11 February 2014	80	80		[109][110]
NYK Themis and AZ Fuzhou	Singapore, off Marina South, East Keppel Fairway	30 January 2014	400	400		[111][112]
Lime Galaxy and Feihe	Singapore, off Jurong Island, Singapore Strait	29 January 2014	280	280		[113][114]
North Dakota train collision	United States, North Dakota, Casselton	30 December 2013	1,300	1,300	BNSF Railway	[115]
Bullenbaai	Curaçao, Bullenbaai, Isla refinery	1 November 2013	unknown	unknown	Petróleos de Venezuela	[116]
North Dakota pipeline spill	United States, North Dakota, Tioga	25 September 2013 – 29 September 2013	2,810	2,810	Tesoro	[117][118]
Rayong oil spill	Thailand, Rayong/Ko Samet, Gulf of Thailand	27 July 2013	43	163	PTT Global Chemical	[119][120]
Lac-Mégantic derailment	Canada, Québec, Lac-Mégantic	6 July 2013	4,830	4,830		[121]
Cushing storage terminal	United States, Oklahoma, Cushing	18 May 2013	340	340	Enbridge Energy Partners	[122][123]
Mayflower	United States, Arkansas, Mayflower	30 March 2013	680	950	ExxonMobil	[124]
Magnolia refinery	United States, Arkansas, Magnolia	9 March 2013	680	760	Delek Logistics	[125][126]
Bullenbaai	Curaçao, Bullenbaai	7 November 2012	unknown	unknown	Petróleos de Venezuela	[116][127]
Arthur Kill storage tank diesel spill (Hurricane Sandy)	United States, New Jersey, Sewaren	29 October 2012	1,090	1,130	Exxon	[128][129]
Curaçao	Curaçao, Isla refinery and Jan Kok nature preserve	17 August 2012	unknown	unknown	Petróleos de Venezuela	[130][131]
Sundre, Alberta	Canada, Sundre	8 June 2012	410	410		[132]
Guarapiche River	Venezuela, Maturín, Monagas	4 February 2012	680	41,000	PDVSA	[133][134]
Nigeria	Nigeria, Bonga Field	21 December 2011	5,500	5,500	Royal Dutch Shell	[135]
TK Bremen	France, Brittany, Erdeven	16 December 2011	220	220	Blue Atlantic Shipping	[136]
Campos Basin	Brazil, Campos Basin, Frade Field	7 November 2011 – 15 November 2011	89	400	Chevron Corporation	[137] [138]
Rena oil spill	New Zealand, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty	5 October 2011 – August 2012	350	350	Costamare	[139] [140]
Gannet Alpha platform, North Sea	United Kingdom, North Sea, Gannet Alpha platform	10 August 2011 – 13 August 2011	216	216	Royal Dutch Shell	[141]
Yellowstone River	United States, Billings, Montana, Yellowstone River	1 July 2011	105	140	ExxonMobil	[142]
Bohai Bay oil spill	China, Bohai Bay	4 June 2011 – 19 June 2011	204	204	ConocoPhillips	[143][144]
Little Buffalo oil spill	Canada, Alberta	29 April 2011	3,800	3,800	Plains All American Pipeline	[145][146]
Mumbai-Uran pipeline spill	India, Mumbai, Maharashtra	21 January 2011	40	55
Fiume Santo power station	Italy, Sardinia, Porto Torres	11 January 2011	15	15		[147]
Mumbai oil spill / MV MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia 3	India, Mumbai, Maharashtra	7 August 2010 – 9 August 2010	400	800		[148][149][150]
Barataria Bay oil spill	United States, Barataria Bay, Gulf of Mexico	27 July 2010 – 1 August 2010	23	45	Cedyco Corp.	[151][152][153][154]
Kalamazoo River oil spill	United States, Kalamazoo River, Calhoun County, Michigan	26 July 2010	2,800	3,250	Enbridge	[155][156]
Xingang Port oil spill	China, Yellow Sea	16 July 2010 – 21 July 2010	1,500	90,000		[157] [158]
Jebel al-Zayt oil spill	Egypt, Red Sea	16 June 2010 – 23 June 2010	unknown	unknown		[159]
Red Butte Creek oil spill	United States, Salt Lake City, Utah	11 June 2010 – 12 June 2010	65	107		[160][161]
Trans-Alaska Pipeline	United States, Anchorage, Alaska	25 May 2010	400	1,200		[162]
MT Bunga Kelana 3	Singapore, Singapore Strait	25 May 2010	2,000	2,500		[163][164][165]
ExxonMobil	Nigeria, Niger Delta	1 May 2010	3,246	95,500	ExxonMobil	[166][167][168]
Deepwater Horizon	United States, Gulf of Mexico	20 April 2010 – 15 July 2010	492,000	627,000	BP	[169]
Great Barrier Reef / MV Shen Neng 1	Australia, Great Keppel Island	3 April 2010	3	4	Shenzhen Energy	[170][171][172]
Lambro and Po rivers	Italy, Lombardy, Monza	23 February 2010	15	15		[173]
Port Arthur oil spill	United States, Port Arthur, Texas	23 January 2010	1,500	1,500	ExxonMobil	[174]
Yellow River oil spill	China, Chishui River (Shaanxi)	5 January 2010	130	130	China National Petroleum Corporation	[175]
Montara oil spill	Australia, Timor Sea	21 August 2009	4,000	30,000	PTT Exploration and Production	[176][177]
Full City	Norway, Rognsfjorden near Såstein south of Langesund	31 July 2009	200	200	COSCO	[178]
Lüderitz oil spill	Namibia, Southern coast	8 April 2009	unknown	unknown	unknown	[179]
Pacific Adventurer	Australia, Queensland	10 March 2009	230	260	Swire Shipping	[180]
West Cork oil spill	Ireland, Southern coast	February 2009	300	300		[181]
Shell Bodo pipeline oil spill	Nigeria	1 August 2008	1,000	1,000	Royal Dutch Shell	[182]
2008 New Orleans oil spill	United States, Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana 100 miles downstream to Head of Passes	28 July 2008	8,800	8,800	American Commercial Barge Line LLC	[183][184]
Syros / Seabird collision	Uruguay, near the Rio de la Plata, Montevideo	4 June 2008	140	140		[185][186]
Supe	Peru, off Zorritos	31 January 2008	35	35		[187]
Statfjord oil spill	Norway, Norwegian Sea	12 December 2007	4,000	4,000	Statoil Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Centrica	[188]
2007 South Korea oil spill	South Korea, Yellow Sea	7 December 2007	10,800	10,800		[189][190]
2007 Kerch Strait oil spill	Ukraine  Russia, Strait of Kerch	11 November 2007	1,000	1,000		[191]
COSCO Busan oil spill	United States, San Francisco, California	7 November 2007	188	188		[192]
Kab 101	Mexico, Bay of Campeche	23 October 2007 – 17 December 2007	1,869	1,869		[193]
Genmar Progress Spill	Puerto Rico, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico	30 August 2007	151	151	General Maritime Corporation (GMC) Progress LLC	[194]
Burnaby spill	Canada, Burnaby, British Columbia	24 July 2007	201	201	Kinder Morgan Energy Partners	[195]
Bayou Perot oil spill	United States, Bayou Perot near Lafitte, Louisiana	20 January 2007	338[c]	1,128	ExPert Oil & Gas LLC	[196][197]
Guimaras oil spill	Philippines, Guimaras Strait	11 August 2006	172	1,540		[198]
Jiyeh power station oil spill	Lebanon	14 July 2006 – 15 July 2006	20,000	30,000		[198]
Citgo refinery	United States, Lake Charles, Louisiana	19 June 2006	6,500	6,500		[199]
Prudhoe Bay oil spill	United States, Alaska North Slope, Alaska	2 March 2006	653	689		[200]
Eider	Chile, Antofagasta	31 October 2005	200	200		[201][202][203][204]
Bass Enterprises Oil Spill (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Cox Bay, Louisiana	30 August 2005	12,000	12,000		[205]
Shell (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Pilottown, Louisiana	30 August 2005	3,400	3,400	Royal Dutch Shell	[205]
Chevron (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Empire, Louisiana	30 August 2005	3,200	3,200		[205]
Murphy Oil USA refinery spill (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Meraux and Chalmette, Louisiana	30 August 2005	2,660	3,410		[205] [206]
Bass Enterprises (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana	30 August 2005	1,500	1,500		[205]
Chevron (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Port Fourchon, Louisiana	30 August 2005	170	170		[205]
Venice Energy Services Company (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Venice, Louisiana	30 August 2005	81	81		[205]
Shell Pipeline Oil (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, Nairn, Louisiana	30 August 2005	44	44	Royal Dutch Shell	[205]
Sundown Energy (Hurricane Katrina)	United States, West Potash, Louisiana	30 August 2005	42	42		[205]
MV Selendang Ayu	United States, Unalaska Island, Alaska	8 December 2004	1,560	1,560		[207]
Athos 1	United States, Delaware River, Paulsboro, New Jersey	26 November 2004	831	860		[208][209]
Taylor oil spill	United States, Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana	16 September 2004 – present	970	490,000	Taylor Energy	[210][211][212][213]
MP-69 Nakika 18" & MP-151 Nakika 18" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan)	United States, Louisiana	16 September 2004 – 6 October 2004	618	618		[214]
MP-80 Delta 20" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan)	United States, Louisiana	16 September 2004 – 19 September 2004	963	963		[214]
Chevron-Texaco tank collapse (Hurricane Ivan)	United States, Louisiana	16 September 2004 – 17 September 2004	423	423		[214]
Berge Nice	Chile, 5 miles east of Punta Delgada, Strait of Magellan	14 May 2004	160	160		[204][215]
Tasman Spirit	Pakistan, Karachi	28 July 2003	28,000	30,000	Polembros Shipping	[216][217]
MV APL Emerald	Singapore, off Pedra Branca, Singapore Strait	12 June 2003	150	150		[218]
Bouchard No. 120	United States, Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Massachusetts	27 April 2003	320	320		[219]
Prestige	Spain, Galicia	13 November 2002	63,000	63,000	Mare Shipping Inc.	[220][221][222]
Limburg (bombing)	Yemen, Gulf of Aden	6 October 2002	12,200	12,200		[223][224]
Manguinhos refinery	Brazil, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro	23 November 2001	34	97	Peixoto de Castro, Repsol YPF	[225]
Trans-Alaska Pipeline gunshot spill	United States, Alaska	4 October 2001	932	932	Alyeska Pipeline Service Company	[226]
Shell Ogbodo	Nigeria	25 June 2001	9,500	9,500	Royal Dutch Shell	[227]
Jose Fuchs	Chile, Moraleda Channel	25 May 2001	150	150		[204][228]
2001 Shell Ogoniland oil spill	Nigeria	May 2001	unknown	unknown	Royal Dutch Shell	[229]
Petrobras 36	Brazil, Roncador Oil Field, Campos Basin	15 March 2001	274	274		[230]
Amorgos oil spill	Taiwan, Southern coast	14 January 2001	1,150	1,150		[231]
Jessica	Ecuador, Galapagos Islands	20 January 2001	568	568		[232] [233]
Natuna Sea	Singapore, off Batu Berhanti Beacon, Singapore Strait	3 October 2000	7,000	7,000		[234]
Pine River	Canada, Chetwynd, British Columbia	1 August 2000	850	850		[235]
Project Deep Spill	Norway, Helland Hansen ridge	June 2000	100	100		[236]
Treasure	South Africa, Cape Town	June 2000	1,400	1,400		[232]
Petrobras pipeline	Brazil, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro	January 2000	1,100	1,100		[225][232]
Erika	France, Bay of Biscay	12 December 1999	15,000	25,000	Total S.A.	[207][232]
Chanda	Port Stanvac, South Australia	28 June 1999	220	230	Essar Shipping	[237]
MV New Carissa	United States, Coos Bay, Oregon	4 February 1999 – 9 March 1999	230	230		[238]
Mobil Nigeria oil spill	Nigeria	12 January 1998	5,500	5,500		[207]
Nakhodka	Japan, Sea of Japanne	December 1997	6,240	6,240		[239]
1997 Singapore oil spill / Evoikos and Orapin Global	Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait	15 October 1997	25,000	29,000		[240][241]
MV Diamond Grace	Japan, Uraga Channel, off Tokyo Bay	27 July 1997	1,550	1,677		[242]
San Jorge oil spill	Uruguay, near Punta del Este, Maldonado	8 February 1997	200	200	Oil Sud Corporation	[243][244]
Julie N oil spill	United States, Portland, Maine	27 September 1996	586	586		[245]
Song San	Singapore, off Jurong Island, Singapore Strait	August 1996	unknown	unknown		[246][247]
Sea Empress	United Kingdom, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire	15 February 1996	40,000	72,000	Seatankers Management	[207][220]
North Cape	United States, Rhode Island	19 January 1996	2,500	2,500		[248]
MV Iron Baron (1985)	Hebe Reef, Tasmania	10 July 1995 – 30 July 1995	300	325	BHP Shipping	[249]
Irene	Namibia, near Walvis Bay	1995	700	700		[250]
Komi oil pipeline	Russia, Usinsk, Komi Republic	June 1994 - October 1994	100,000	251,763	Lukoil	[251][252][253]
Apollo Sea	South Africa, Cape Town	June 1994	2,400	2,400		[254]
Seki	United Arab Emirates	31 March 1994	15,900	15,900	World-Wide Shipping Agency	[207]
Morris J. Berman	Puerto Rico	7 January 1994	2,600	2,600	New England Marine Services	[255]
MV Braer	United Kingdom, Shetland	5 January 1993	85,000	85,000		[220]
Aegean Sea	Spain, A Coruña	3 December 1992	74,000	74,000	Coulouthros Ltd	[220]
Port Bonython oil spill, Era	Australia, Spencer Gulf, South Australia	30 August 1992	296	296	BP	[256]
Katina P	Mozambique, Maputo	26 April 1992	72,000	72,000		[257][220]
Fergana Valley	Uzbekistan	2 March 1992	285,000	285,000		[207]
Kirki	Australia, Indian Ocean, off the coast of Western Australia	21 July 1991	17,280	17,280	BP	[258]
ABT Summer	Angola, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) offshore	28 May 1991	260,000	260,000	National Iranian Tanker Company	[220]
MT Haven	Italy, Mediterranean Sea near Genoa	11 April 1991	144,000	144,000	Amoco	[220]
MB Vesta Bella	, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Nevis, 12 miles northeast of island	6 March 1991	1,762	1,814	Offshore Marine Ltd	[259]
Sanko Harvest	Australia, Western Australia, near Hood Island, 33 km from Esperance	14 February 1991	717	717	Sanko Steamship Co	[260]
Gulf War oil spill	Iraq, Persian Gulf	23 January 1991	270,000	820,000		[261] [262]
Star Enterprise Terminal Leak	United States, Fairfax, Virginia	September 1990	324	974	Star Enterprise	[263]: 9 [264]
Apex barges oil spill	United States, Texas, Houston Ship Channel near Galveston	28 July 1990	2,200	2,200	Apex Towing Company	[265]
Mega Borg oil spill	United States, Gulf of Mexico, 57 mi (92 km) SE of Galveston, Texas	8 June 1990	16,499	16,501		[266]
American Trader	United States, Bolsa Chica State Beach, California	7 February 1990	979	981		[207] [267]
Arthur Kill pipeline	United States, Sewaren, New Jersey	1 January 1990	1,840	1,840		[268] [269]
Khark 5	Spain, 350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) off Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	19 December 1989	70,000	80,000		[207][220]
Pacificos	South Africa, East London	4 October 1989	10,000	10,000		[270]
Presidente Rivera	United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania	24 June 1989	993	993		[271]
World Prodigy	United States, Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island	23 June 1989	974	3,246		[272][273]
Exxon Valdez	United States, Prince William Sound, Alaska	24 March 1989	37,000	104,000	Exxon Shipping Company	[220][274]
Bahía Paraíso	Antarctica, Bismarck Strait	28 January 1989	1,200	1,200	Argentine Navy	[275]
Odyssey	Canada, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) off Nova Scotia	10 November 1988	132,000	132,000		[220]
Piper Alpha disaster	United Kingdom, 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland	6 July 1988	670	670	Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Limited (OPCAL)	[276]
Ashland oil spill	United States, Floreffe, Pennsylvania	2 January 1988	10,000	10,000	Ashland Oil Company	[277][278]
MT Vector	Philippines, Tablas Strait, Oriental Mindoro	20 December 1987	370	370	Vector Shipping Inc. (Francisco Soriano), Manila	[279][280]
Cabo Pilar	Chile, Punta Davis, Strait of Magellan	8 October 1987	4,900	7,500		[281][204][282]
Elhani	Singapore, off Pulau Satumu, Singapore Strait	July 1987	2,300			[283]
Stolt Advance	Singapore, off Saint John's Island, Singapore Strait	July 1987	unknown	unknown		[284]
MV Fern Passet grounding	United States, St Johns River mouth, Florida	February 1987	346	346		[285][286]
Amazon Venture oil spill	United States, Port of Savannah, Georgia	4 December 1986	1,623.38	1,623.38	Calluna Maritime Corporation
1986 Bahía Las Minas oil spill	Panama, Isla Payardi, Bahía Las Minas	27 April 1986	6,821	unknown	Refineria Panamá, subsidiary of Texaco, Inc.	[287][288]
Tanker Barge Apex Houston	United States, California Coast from Marin County to Big Sur, San Francisco, California	28 January 1986	98	98	Apex Towing Company	[289]
Nova	Iran, Gulf of Iran, Kharg Island	6 December 1985	70,000	70,000		[220]
Grand Eagle	United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania	28 September 1985	1,400	1,400		[290]
Coral Sea / Napo collision	Cuba	11 April 1985				[291]
Puerto Rican	United States, Golden Gate, San Francisco, California	31 October 1984	3,411	4,775		[292]
Alvenus	United States, Calcasieu Channel, Louisiana	30 July 1984	9,160	9,160		[293]
SS Mobil Oil	United States, Columbia River, Longview, Washington	19 March 1984	550	650		[294][295]
Castillo de Bellver	South Africa, Saldanha Bay	6 August 1983	252,000	252,000		[220]
Nowruz Field Platform	Iran, Persian Gulf	4 February 1983	260,000	260,000		[296]
Globe Asimi [lt]	Soviet Union, Lithuanian SSR, Klaipėda	21 November 1981	17,000	17,000	Cantabria Shipping Ltd	[297][298]
Druzhba pipeline	Czechoslovakia, Bartoušov	3 November 1980	6,000	6,000		[299]
Production Well D-103	Libya, Tripoli	1 August 1980	140,000	140,000		[300][301]
Tanio oil spill	France, Brittany	7 March 1980	13,500	13,500		[302]
Irenes Serenade	Greece, Pylos	23 February 1980	100,000	100,000		[220]
MT Independenţa	Turkey, Bosphorus	15 November 1979	95,000	95,000		[220]
Burmah Agate	United States, Galveston Bay, Texas	1 November 1979	8,440	8,440		[303]
Aphrodite	Port Stanvac, South Australia	20 July 1979	unknown	unknown		[304]
Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain	Trinidad and Tobago	19 July 1979	287,000	287,000		[220][305][306]
Ixtoc I oil spill	Mexico, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico	3 June 1979 – 23 March 1980	454,000	480,000	Pemex	[307][308][309]
Betelgeuse	Ireland, Bantry Bay	8 January 1979	64,000	64,000		[310]
Peck Slip Spill	Puerto Rico, Cabo San Juan, Puerto Rico	19 December 1978	1,550	1,550	Sun Oil Company	[311]
Cabo Tamar	Chile, San Vincente Bay	7 June 1978	12,500	12,500		[281]
Amoco Cadiz	France, Brittany	16 March 1978	223,000	227,000	Amoco	[207][220][312][313]
Trans-Alaska Pipeline sabotage by explosives	United States, Alaska	15 February 1978	2,162	2,162		[314]
Brazilian Marina	Brazil, Sao Sebastiao Channel, São Paulo	9 January 1978	10,039	10,039		[315][316]
Venpet-Venoil collision	South Africa, Cape St. Francis	16 December 1977	26,600	30,500	Bethlehem Steel Corporation	[317]
Unknown ship	United States, Key Largo, Florida	1 May 1977				[318]
Ekofisk oil field	Norway, North Sea	22 April 1977	27,600	27,600		[319][320]
MV Hawaiian Patriot	United States, 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) off Honolulu, Hawaii	26 February 1977	95,000	95,000		[207][220]
Borag	Taiwan, Northern coast	7 February 1977	34,000	34,000		[321]
Argo Merchant	United States, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts	15 December 1976	25,000	28,000		[322][323]
NEPCO 140	United States, Saint Lawrence River	23 June 1976	1,000	1,000		[324][325]
Urquiola	Spain, A Coruña	12 May 1976	100,000	100,000		[220]
St. Peter	Colombia, Cabo Manglares	5 February 1976 – November 1976	38,056	38,056		[326]
Niger Delta	Nigeria, Niger Delta	1976 – 1996	258,000	328,000	Royal Dutch Shell	[327]
Olympic Bravery	France, Ushant	24 January 1976	900	900	Onassis	[328]
Liberian tanker Garbis	United States, Florida Keys	18 July 1975	135	21,000		[318][329][330]: 64
Epic Colocotronis Spill	Puerto Rico, Rincon, Puerto Rico	13 May 1975	61,000	61,000	Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain	[331]
Tarik Ibn Ziyad	Brazil, Sao Sebastiao terminal, Santos	26 March 1975	10,000	20,000		[332][333][334]
Corinthos	United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania	31 January 1975	36,000	36,000
Jakob Maersk	Portugal, Porto	29 January 1975	88,000	88,000		[220]
Afran Zodiac	Ireland, Bantry Bay	10 January 1975	451	451		[335]
Showa Maru	Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait	7 January 1975	3,300	4,500		[336][337]
Mizushima Refinery	Japan, Kurashiki, Seto Inland Sea	18 December 1974	42,000	45,356	Mitsubishi Petroleum (present day ENEOS)	[338]
VLCC Metula	Chile, Strait of Magellan	9 August 1974	50,000	51,000		[339]
Oriental Pioneer	South Africa, Struisbaai	22 July 1974	200	200		[340][341]
Jawachta	Sweden, Smygehuk	20 December 1973	3,000	16,000		[342]
Trinimar Marine Well 327	Venezuela, Gulf of Paria	8 August 1973	1,091	1,091		[343]
Napier	Chile, Guamblin Island	June 1973	30,000	30,000		[344]
S.S. Zoe Colocotronis Spill	Puerto Rico, Lajas, Puerto Rico	18 March 1973	5,170	5,170	Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain	[345]
Irish Stardust	Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia	January 1973	450	450		[346]
Sea Star	Iran, Gulf of Oman	19 December 1972	115,000	115,000	Samyang Navigation	[207][220]
Oswego-Guardian – Texanita collision	South Africa, Stilbaai	21 August 1972	10,000	10,000		[347]
Myrtea	Singapore, off Pulau Bukom, Singapore Strait	June 1972	1,000	1,000		[348]
Texaco Denmark	Belgium, North Sea	7 December 1971	107,000	107,000		[349]
MV Juliana	Japan, Niigata Port	30 November 1971	7,200	7,784		[350]
Navy tanker Towle	United States, New York City, New York, Gravesend Bay	14 July 1971	123	123		[351][352]
Texaco Oklahoma	United States	27 March 1971	25,700	31,500		[342][353]
Trinity Navigator	United Kingdom, Devon	2 March 1971	unknown	unknown		[354]
Wafra	South Africa, Cape Agulhas	21 February 1971	27,000	27,000		[355][356]
Arizona Standard / Oregon Standard collision	United States, San Francisco Bay	17 January 1971	2,700	2,700		[357][358][359]
Othello	Sweden, Trälhavet Bay	20 March 1970	50,000	60,000		[207][232]
Platform Charlie	United States, Louisiana	10 February 1970	unknown	unknown		[360]
SS Arrow	Canada, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia	4 February 1970	10,330	10,330		[361]
Hamilton Trader	United Kingdom, Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea	30 April 1969	546	546		[362]
Santa Barbara	United States, Santa Barbara, California	28 January 1969	6,000	14,000		[363]
Witwater	Panama, Canal Zone, Galeta Island	13 December 1968	1,910	1,910		[364]
World Glory	South Africa, 65 miles ENE of Durban	13 June 1968	44,058	46,000	World Tankers Co. Inc.	[365][366][367]
Genevieve	United States, Corpus Christi, Texas	25 April 1968	unknown	unknown	Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd.	[368]
Andron	Namibia, between Luderitz and Walvis Bay	8 May 1968				[369][370]
Esso Essen	South Africa	April 1968	4,092	4,092		[369]
General Colocotronis	Bahamas, Eleuthera	7 March 1968	5,047	5,047		[371]
Ocean Eagle	Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico	3 March 1968	12,000	12,500	Transocean Tankers Inc.	[372][373]
R.C. Stoner	United States, Pacific Ocean, Wake Island	1967	20,000	20,000		[342]
Torrey Canyon	United Kingdom, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	18 March 1967	80,000	119,000		[207][220]
Mississippi River oil spill (1962–1963)	United States, Savage and Mankato, Minnesota	8 December 1962 – 23 January 1963	11,000	15,000
African Queen	United States, Ocean City, Maryland	30 December 1958	21,000	21,000		[374][375]
Avila Beach pipeline	United States, Avila Beach, California	1950s – 1996	1,300	1,300		[376]
Guadalupe Oil Field	United States, Guadalupe, California	1950s – 1994	29,000	29,000		[376]
Sliedrecht	South Africa, Cape Town, Table Bay	November 1953	1,000	1,000		[377]
SS Jacob Luckenbach	United States, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, San Francisco, California	14 July 1953 – present	1,484	1,484		[378]
Esso Wheeling	South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town	4 November 1948				[379]
Berth 157	United States, Wilmington	2 June 1948				[380]
SS Douglas Victory	United States, Wilmington, California	27 March 1948				[381]
SS River Raisin	United States	1948				[382]
Lincoln	South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town	1946				[379]
Greenpoint, Brooklyn	United States, Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York	1940s – 1950s	55,200	97,400		[383]
Seria Field 14 wells	Brunei	12 June 1945 – September 1945	unknown	unknown		[384][385][386]
Scuttled tanker El Grillo	Iceland, Seyðisfjörður	February 1944 – present	unknown	unknown		[387]
SS Frank H. Buck / SS President Coolidge collision	United States, San Francisco Bay, California	6 March 1937	8,870	8,870		[357][388]
Lakeview Gusher	United States, Kern County, California	14 March 1910 – 10 September 1911	1,230,000	1,230,000		[389]
Thomas W. Lawson	United Kingdom, Isles of Scilly	14 December 1907	7,400	7,400		[390]
SS Petriana	Australia, Port Phillip, Victoria	30 November 1903	1,300	1,300	Asiatic Petroleum Company	[391]
Copley No. 1 Well	United States, Glenville, West Virginia	22 September 1900	1,610	1,610	South Penn Oil Company	[392]

Investigation underway

Spill or vessel	Location	Dates	Estimated flow rate (tonnes/day)	Full cargo (tonnes)	Spilled (min tonnes)	Spilled (max tonnes)	Link	Notes
2024 Kerch Strait oil spill	Russia, Kerch Strait[d]	15 December 2024 – present	Unknown[393]	9,000	3,700[394]	Unknown	[395][396][397]	Two fuel oil tankers foundered during a storm.
2024 Bayou Lafourche oil spill	United States, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana	27 July 2024	n/a	n/a	112	unknown	[398]
Northeast Brazil oil spill	Brazil	September 2019 – present	n/a	n/a	1,000	unknown	[399]	Worst oil spill in Brazilian history[400] and the largest environmental disaster ever recorded on the Brazilian coast[401] or any tropical coastal region worldwide.[402]
Lizama River oil spill	Colombia, Barrancabermeja	2 March 2018 -	n/a	n/a	3,690	unknown	[403]	Lizama 158 oil well spilled into Lizama River, contaminating Sogamoso River, a tributary to Colombia's largest river, the Magdalena.
OT Southern Star 7	Bangladesh, Sundarbans, Khulna Division	9 December 2014	n/a	350	300	300	[404][405][406][407]	Leak caused by collision of the oil tanker with a cargo vessel.
Napocor Power Barge 103	Philippines, Estancia, Iloilo	8 November 2013	n/a	1200	170	520	[408][409][410][411]	Leaks caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
Taylor Energy wells Platform 23051	United States, Gulf of Mexico	16 September 2004 to present (20 years)	0.03–0.05	n/a	unknown	unknown	[412][413][414][415]	Leaks resulting from Hurricane Ivan have been largely contained, but not entirely. Ocean Saratoga is periodically onsite servicing and attempting to seal the leaks.

Note: The "flow rate" column applies to leaking wells, pipelines, etc., and is often used to estimate the total amount of oil spilled. The "full cargo" column applies to vessels, vehicles, etc., and represents the maximum amount of oil that could be spilled. The "spilled" columns indicate the total amount of oil that has been released to the environment so far, and should be based on official estimates found in referenced sources whenever possible. When official estimates vary, use the "min tonnes" and "max tonnes" columns to show the range of estimates (minimum and maximum) in metric tonnes (i.e. 1 tonne = 1,000 kg).

Oil spills in the United States

This graphic is limited to oil spills that occurred between 1969 and 2015 (graphic has not been updated for newer spills) and that affected US waters (land-based spills are not depicted). Unlike the units of tonnes used on the rest of this page, the graphic's numbers are presented in millions of US gallons (abbreviated as "MG" in the graphic), where 1 MG is roughly equal to 3,250 tonnes of crude oil.

Largest Oil Spills Affecting U.S. Waters Since 1969

See also

• Lists
  • Largest oil spills
  • Natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States
  • Pipeline accidents
• United States offshore drilling debate

Notes

1. May reflect the date of discovery of oil leakage or the date of the oil spill's start, in the case of continuous leakage.
2. Israeli Environment Protection Minister Gila Gamliel named the Libyan-owned vessel Emerald as the culprit, which was smuggling crude oil from Iran to Syria under a Panamanian flag.^[37]
3. 8270 liquid barrels recovered, but oil may have been released as a 60–70% emulsion with water^[196]
4. The Kerch Strait separates Russia's Krasnodar Krai and Russian-annexed Crimea, the latter internationally recognized as part of Ukraine