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The top 5 oil spills were:
- The Gulf War Oil Spill - Persian Gulf - 136,000 to 1,500,000 tonnes
- BP Gulf of Mexico (Deepwater Horizon) Oil spill - (currently ongoing)
- The Ixtoc I oil well - Gulf of Mexico - 470,000 tonnes
- The Atlantic Empress/Aegean Captain - Trinidad - 287,000 tonnes
- Fergana Valley - Uzbekistan - 285,000 tonnes
- Nowrus oil field - Persian Guld - 260,000 tonnes
Unconfirmed oil volume:
Saudi Arabia lost about 140 million barrels of oil until within the last month when an oil rig valve busted open and they have been unable to shut it off. It is alleged that the spill is going to cover thousands of square miles.
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What is the most common chemical spill?
oil
What does Bp stand for in the BP oil spill?
BP stood for British Petroleum, the company responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
How long does a oil spill take to clean?
If you mean, "How long ago did it occur," then the actual explosion that triggered the spill occurred on April 20th, 2010. If you are referring to the duration of the spill, then it is technically still an issue.
How does the BP oil spill contribute to global warming?
The BP oil spill released large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Additionally, the clean-up efforts required burning large quantities of oil, releasing even more greenhouse gases. The environmental damage caused by the spill also impacts ecosystems, which play a crucial role in regulating the Earth's climate.
What caused the bp oil spill?
The oil platform blew up killing 11 men and sending oil into the Gulf of Mexico. There was a part that was used to bring oil up that failed and the company couldn't get it stopped so it just kept flowing oil.
Why has the gulf of Mexico been in the news so much lately?
Due to the largest marine oil spill ever recorded, thanks to British Petroleum (BP for short).
When did the gulf war oil spill occur?
The Gulf War oil spill occurred on January 23, 1991, and was the largest oil spill to date. It was the largest purposely created oil spill in history.
When did the largest oil spill ever happen in the world?
The largest oil spill occurred in Kuwait in 1991 as wells were purposely set on fire by the Iraqi military. Some lists of the worse spills in history do not count this as the worse spill because it was not an accidental oil spill. There was pollution in the Persian Gulf from the spillage of oil from storage tanks and air pollution as the oil from the wells was set on fire. Some of the confusion on oil spill statistics occurs because tanker oil spills are recorded in tons of oil spilled and other spills are in gallons or barrels. I prefer million of barrels (MMbbls) so the Kuwait war spilled 1,000 to 1,500 MMbbls compared to the estimated 4.1 to 4.9 MMbbls for the BP oil spill of 2010. See related links.
What was the largest oil spill ever recorded How many tons of oil were spilled Where did it occur?
The top 5 oil spills were: # The Gulf War Oil Spill - Persian Gulf - 136,000 to 1,500,000 tonnes # The Ixtoc I oil well - Gulf of Mexico - 470,000 tonnes # The Atlantic Empress/Aegean Captain - Trinidad - 287,000 tonnes # Fergana Valley - Uzbekistan - 285,000 tonnes # Nowrus oil field - Persian Guld - 260,000 tonnes
What is the oil spill in the gulf?
There was recently a giant oil spill--an oil pumping station basically exploded, causing the largest oil spill in recorded history, as most other oil spills--if not all--have been tankers. This was a whole station.Other possible answers include:The Ixtoc I oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979Other Gulf of Mexico oil spillsPersian Gulf oil spills, possibly including the Gulf War oil spillOil spills in gulfs off of China.
What was the name of the oil spill near Iraq?
Gulf War Oil Spill resulted from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and is regarded as the second largest oil spill in history.
Which oil spills were the most damaging to the environment?
The Kuwait Oil fires were likely the most environmentally damaging oil spills. It amounted to a total of at least 136,000 tons of crude oil spilled. It was the largest oil spill recorded yet.
What was the Ixtoc I oil spill?
The Ixtoc I oil spill was a spill resulting from the drilling of an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico in the Bay of Campeche, on June 3, 1979. The blowout lead to the third largest oil spill in history, (currently larger in volume than the BP Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010).
Is the Gulf oil spill the biggest spill ever?
Yes of course it spilled so many gallons of oil that it dwarfs all other oil spills.
Is the oil spill in Mexico the worst oil spill ever?
No, the biggest one was in the Persian Gulf located between Western Asia and Iran.
Does the capped pipe ever leak from bp oil spill?
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil announced that BP would be temporarily banned from new contracts with the US.
Why is it a critical situation when otters encounter an oil spill?
Think about it...is it ever good?
