An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the...

The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William...

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...

The MT Hebei Spirit oil spill was a major oil spill in South Korea that began on the morning of December 7, 2007, local time, with ongoing environmental...

Prestige oil spill occurred off the coast of Galicia, Spain in November 2002, caused by the sinking of the 26-year-old, structurally deficient oil tanker...

about 400 metric tonnes of low-sulphur fuel oil from a damaged cargo tank aboard the Marine Honour was spilled into the surrounding waters. According to...

largest oil spill in history at its time. To-date, it remains the second largest oil spill in history after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mexico's...

The 2004 Taylor Energy oil spill is an ongoing spill located in the Gulf of Mexico, around 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana...

The Gulf War oil spill, or the "Persian Gulf oil spill", was one of the largest oil spills in history, resulting from the Gulf War in 1991. In January...