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Oil Spills
Introduction to Oil Spills

What is an oil spill?
Well an oil spill is when the ship carrying oil tips over and dumps the oil into the water. It is usually caused by a carless mistake or equipment breaking down and when the ship tries to start up it will get ruined.
 
Largest Oil Spills:

  1. Gulf War oil spill, Persian Gulf, January 23, 1991
  2. Ixtoc I oil well, S Gulf of Mexico, June 3, 1979
  3. Nowruz oil field, Persian Gulf, February, 1983
  4. Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain collision, off Trinidad and Tobago, July 19, 1979 
  5. Castillo de Bellver, off Cape Town, South Africa, August 6, 1983
  6. Amoco Cadiz (BP/Amoco, USA) - Brittany, France, March 16, 1978
  7. Torrey Canyon, South England, March 18, 1967
  8. Sea Star, Gulf of Oman, December 19, 1972
  9. Urquiola, A Coruna, Spain, May 12, 1976
  10. Hawaiian Patriot, N Pacific, February 26, 1977
  11. Othello, Tralhavet Bay, Sweden, March 20, 1970

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