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This map shows the locations of oil spills and other incidents for which NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) provided scientific support for the response. It also shows the locations of other major spills, but it does not show the location of every significant oil spill.
5 lip 2024 · Oil, naturally flushed from a breakwater with high water and winds, is collected in a spill boom during the Pelican Island Bridge spill in Galveston, Texas in May 2024. Image credit: NOAA. The NOAA SSC and an extended scientific support team deployed on scene to support the response.
On this page, you can find all our data, visualizations, and writing relating to oil spills. Specifically, this refers to oil spills from tankers – container ships transporting oil – where consistent, high-quality global data is available.
26 maj 2024 · On May 11, 2024, the tug Solo Creed was detained by the Angolan Navy for violating the security perimeter of oil extraction blocks 17 and 18. These exclusive zones are operated by subsidiaries of BP and TotalEnergies, according to announcements on the companies’ websites.
View data, maps and resources related to the oil spills and the environmental emergencies they cause.
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.
Oil Spill in Manila Bay, Philippines. EMSR741 - Situational reporting.
