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The largest oil spill in history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, occurred in the Gulf of Mexico starting on April 20, 2010, and was officially declared over on September 19, 2010. The spill released approximately 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean over a period of 87 days. It had devastating effects on marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as significant economic impacts on local communities. Cleanup and restoration efforts continued long after the spill was declared over.
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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.
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.
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).
How and when will the oil spill stop?
It stopped it is over
Is the oil spill over?
Yes,it is ovr=er
What key factors influence the severity of the impact of an oil spill?
the hydrocarbon constitution of the oil and the biodiversity present over there will seriously affect the spill.
What was the largest oil spill ever recorded?
The top 5 oil spills were:The Gulf War Oil Spill - Persian Gulf - 136,000 to 1,500,000 tonnesBP Gulf Of Mexico (Deepwater Horizon) Oil spill - (currently ongoing)The Ixtoc I oil well - Gulf of Mexico - 470,000 tonnesThe Atlantic Empress/Aegean Captain - Trinidad - 287,000 tonnesFergana Valley - Uzbekistan - 285,000 tonnesNowrus oil field - Persian Guld - 260,000 tonnesUnconfirmed 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.
When was the last oil spill?
the last oil spill was the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico
What is the name of the largest oil company of the world?
The British Petroleum(BP) who are responsible for the oil spill but they are still the biggest company regarding the oil spills.
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 is the name of the body of water where the oil spill is occurring?
It is in the Gulf of Mexico, there are many oil spills as we speak, but this one is the largest to date.
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.
