The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon
The Exxon Valdez offloading oil to the Exxon Baton Rouge as oil leaks into the surrounding waters
The Exxon Valdez a few hours after it was grounded.
During the first few days of the spill, heavy sheens of oil covered large areas of the surface of Prince William Sound.
Beginning three days after the vessel grounded, a storm pushed large quantities of fresh oil onto the rocky shores of many of the beaches in the Knight Island chain. In this photograph, pooled black oil is shown stranded in the rocks
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an environmental disaster beginning 20 April 2010 off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. It is considered th
Exxon Valdez oil spill
…gallons (240,000 bbl) (or 37,000 tonnes) of crude oil over the next few days. The Exxon Valdez spill is the second largest in U.S. waters, after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in terms of volume of oil released. It is the costliest disaster ever with no direct human fatalities. Prince William Sound's remote location, accessible…
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Oil-stained beaches in Pensacola, Florida; 1 July 2010
Burning and skimming operations in the Gulf of Mexico; 10 June 2010
Thick oil washes ashore in Louisiana; 10 June 2010