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What is Oil Spills or Oil Spillage?
"When crude oil is spilled into a marine environment it eventually breaks down into several different components, each of which have their own eventual fates and cause their own problems for the environment. In many spills involving tankers or offshore oil wells, some of the oil spilled initially catches fire. When crude oil burns, the combustion results in atmospheric emissions of gasses which contribute to global warming (CO2) and acid rain (SO2, NOx), as well as large quantities of toxic ash. The toxic ash is made up of microscopic particles which can travel for hundreds of kilometres. Humans inhaling these particles may experience allergic reactions which result in sore throats and breathing problems."
Source:
OIL SPILLS
Energy Fact Sheet
Originally Published by the Energy Educators of Ontario, 1993
http://www.iclei.org/efacts/oilspill.htm
- Energy Fact Sheet - Oil Spills
- TABLE 1: Oil discharged into the marine environment from maritime transport (millions of tons annually) (35K).
- TABLE 2: Major oil spills from tankers: 1960, 1965-1989 (69K).
- FIGURE 1: (156K)
- FIGURE 2: (144K)
- Fate and Effects
- Fate of Marine Oil Spills
- Effects of Marine Oil Spills
- Statistics
- Oil spills in the sea
- Accidents during the offshore oil and gas development
- Oil Pollution of the Sea
- Environmental impact
of the offshore oil and gas industry
- Oil Pollution
- Oil Spills
- Oil Spills - A Fact Sheet
- World - Disasters - Oil Spills
- The Effects of Maritime Oil Spills on Wildlife including Non-Avian Marine Life
- Oil Spill Images
- Environmental Toxicology
Example of Recent Oil Spills
Prestige - November 19, 2002
- November 21, 2002 Experts Evaluate Environmental Damage from
Prestige Oil Spill
- December 04, 2002 Slick from sunken Prestige approaches Portuguese coast
- December 05, 2002 Prestige is still leaking oil
- December 06, 2002 More oil found leaking from Prestige
- Decembr 08, 2002 Concern oil slicks may hit france
- December 10, 2002 Spanish PM hints at Prestige errors
- December 11, 2002 Analysis: Salvaging the Prestige
- December 11, 2002 Loss of Prestige recalls price of Exxon Valdez
- December 11, 2002 Prestige could leak until 2006
- December 12, 2002 Prestige tanker will leak oil for another three years
- December 16, 2002 Thousands in Barcelona Protest Prestige Oil Spill
- December 20, 2002 End in Sight for Single hull Oil Tankers
Example of Past Oil Spills
The Torrey Canyon - March 18, 1967
- Oil Spills: The Torrey Canyon
The Amoco Cadiz - March 16, 1978
- March 23, 1978 Tanker's entire load spills into sea
- The Amoco Cadiz Image
- Oil Spills: A Case Study of the Amoco Cadiz
The Exxon Valdez - March 24, 1989
- 10 years later, debate still rages over effects of Exxon Valdez oil spill
- The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: How Much Oil Remains?
- The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
- The Exxon Valdez Image
- Oil Spill Facts - Lingering Oil
- Oil Spill Facts - Questions and Answers
- The Impact On Life
- 10 Years of Intertidal Monitoring After the Exxon Valdez Spill
The Gulf War - January 1991
- Oil Spills: The Gulf War
New Carissa - February 4, 1999
- Oil Spills: New Carissa
Erika - December 1999
- April 02, 2000 Thousands protest in Paris against 'Erika' oil spill
- The Memory of Erika
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