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The Valdez, also know as the Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that worked in and around Alaska. The ship is still currently in service but is known as the Oriental Nicety now. The ship ran aground on a reef and leaked 10-32 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound.
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Was the Exxon Valdez an oil rig?
No, the Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker ship.
Who bought the Exxon Valdez ship?
yes
Which ship spilled oil in Alaska?
The Exxon Valdez.
In 1989 what ship hit a reef in Alaska causing a major oil spill?
Exxon Valdez The Exxon Valdez, Captain Hazelwood commanding.
What was the environmental disaster the captain of the ship Valdez caused?
He caused the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
What pollutant did the ship Exxon Valdez spill into the waters of Prince Edward sound?
Crude oil.
What ship was responsible for one of the worst environmental disasters ever in March 1989?
This ship was the Exxon Valdez, now renamed the Dong Fang Ocean.
What disaster to the environment did the ship Valdez cause?
pollution to the ocean with 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil
What is the cause of Exxon Valdez oil spill?
the ship hit a reef The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill was a comedy of errors. These errors include a captain who had been drinking, and leaving a man in charge who was unqualified, and the man in Valdez who should have been watching the radar was'nt there not because he was smoking marijuana ( Its not written anywere in the court references) Because of the above, the ship ran aground on Bligh Reef.
How did the Exxon Valdez sink?
The Exxon Valdez ran aground on the Bligh Reef. The ships collision radar was broken and not turned on at the time (had it been on the ship would not have hit the reef). The ship was also outside normal shipping lanes to avoid icebergs that were thought to be in the area.
In 1989 the ship Exxon Valdez ran aground near Alaska An environmental disaster occurred because the ship split what?
Oil spill, Prince William Sound, Al.
Who cleaned up after the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
The oil slick created buy the oil company Exxon . And ship was called Exxon Valdez, so Exxon oil company paid as well as cleared up the oil slick .
