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The Exxon Valdez is 987 feet long, 166 feet wide, and 88 feet in depth (301 meters by 50 meters by 27 meters), weighing 30,000 tons empty carrying 1.48 million barrels (200,000 t) of crude oil.
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What year was the big oil spill?
exxon valdez was 1989, but the BP one was 2010
How much bigger was the BP oil spill than the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
I will give a short answer, and then a bit longer one, beginning with the word "however." The Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in 0.26 million barrels of oil (abbreviated Gbbls) and the Deepwater Horizon spill was 4.9 million barrels, so the BP spill was 4.64 million barrels larger. One barrel equals 42 gallons. However, controversy surrounds both estimates. I was surprised how big a range various groups have estimated the Exxon Valdez oil spill volume. The number of 0.26 Gbbls came from Wikipedia. They also give a higher estimate considered by some of 0.75 Gbbls. The estimates do become a bit confusing as they are given in cubic meters, gallons and barrels. Please see the side bar to the right of first link for these estimates in barrels. The estimate of the oil spilled in the BP oil spill comes from a Technical Task force, and is likely to be contested if BP is sued by the US government. When oil is flowing from a blown out well, accurate estimates are very difficult. The Task Force assumed that the oil rate began at a high rate, and then became less as the reservoir pressure declined. Reservoir pressure is important as it is the force driving the oil up the well. BP has suggested that just the opposite may be true. Oil rates could have been low when the blow out began, with a lot of debris in the well, then the rates increased as the debris was blown out of the well. So the short answer is 4.64 Gbbls and the long answer is nobody is in complete agreement on the numbers. The uncertainties of estimating volumes will probably mean there will never be complete agreement.
How exactly big was the oil spill in Mexico?
big.................. very big................. ok......VERY BIG
Was hernan cortes's ship big?
about as big as Columbus's ship
What sea was the big oil spill in?
It was in the Pacific Ocean.It wasn'nt in a sea.
What is the biggest oil spill and why?
Right now the Gulf of Mexico (Gulfo de México) is the worlds largest oil spill because of a big oil ship exploding from high pressure. The ship dumped tons of oil into the ocean killing all the marine life and putting lots of animals in care units. The oil killed lots of birds who depended on the fish in the ocean, but when the oil spill happened the oil was carried through the fishes bodies. Thus when the birds like pelicans and seagulls ate them, they immediately got poisoned from the oil inside the fish.
What are the release dates for Baywatch - 1989 The Big Spill 2-20?
Baywatch - 1989 The Big Spill 2-20 was released on: USA: 4 May 1992 Sweden: 13 January 1994
What is a ship terminal?
A ship terminal is a big ship that has weapons like guns.
How big is a ship sail?
It all depends on the size of the ship...
What is a luxury ship?
A luxury ship is a ship that is very fancy.It can be both big and small.
How big is the Missouri battleship?
how big is the Missouri ship
What is about tdiscovery ship?
it was big
