21. Oil And Chemical Spills: NOAA Watch: NOAA's All-Hazard Monitor: National Oceanic Oil Spills. 10 Major Oil Spills. Oil Spills Tour. What's the story on oil spills? Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Maps. Oil Spill Resources. Restoration after Spills http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/oilspill.php

@import url(../css/primarystyle.css); United States Department of Commerce Search NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Home Weather Oceans ... NOAAWatch Home More information from NOAA on Oil and Chemical Spills.. General Information IncidentNews: Current and past spill responses Science of Spills Image Galleries ... Spill FAQs Oil Spills 10 Major Oil Spills Oil Spills Tour What's the story on oil spills? Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Maps ... Restoration after Spills Chemical Spills Chemical Spills Tour CAMEO (Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations) CAMEO Chemicals: Online database of hazardous materials Chemical Spill Resources Exxon Valdez Information Exxon Valdez Overview: Details from response and post-spill monitoring Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Research How much oil is left from the Exxon Valdez spill Oil and Chemical Spills For significant spills, a Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) is established to oversee the spill response. This role is filled by either the Coast Guard or the Environmental Protection Agency. Spill responders at work Under the National Contingency Plan and the National Response Plan

22. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - New Scientist Special report about the oil spill, focusing on the scientific and environmental perspectives. UK. http://www.newscientist.com/special/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill

@import "/css/gridmain.css"; SUBSCRIBE TO NEW SCIENTIST Select a country United Kingdom USA Canada Australia New Zealand Other Log in Email Password Remember me Your login is case sensitive Forgotten your password? Subscriber? Activate now! Subscribe now Institutional Subscribers ... SCIENCE IN SOCIETY Deepwater Horizon oil spill TOP STORY Gulf leak: biggest spill may not be biggest disaster LATEST Louisiana revival: Eco-engineering on a giant scale SPECIAL REPORT: 18:00 06 October 2010 The bays and bayous of coastal Louisiana were in trouble even before the Deepwater Horizon disaster. How far should we go to return them to their former glory? BP's head of safety admits human error over oil spill The first head-to-head meeting between BP and government-appointed investigators has highlighted operating errors aboard Deepwater Horizon More than 4 million barrels of oil entered Gulf 12:34 24 September 2010 First independent study shows US government got their sums right with estimate of 4.1 million barrels of oil Crunch time ahead for Gulf oyster fisheries FIELD NOTES: 11:52 24 September 2010 A boat trip out to the Louisiana bayous shows prospects for recovery balanced on a knife edge Why BP's failure to mention safety culture is problem THIS WEEK: 17:13 14 September 2010 BP's investigation into the causes of the Gulf blowout focuses on technical problems. It may have missed a key factor

23. Oil Spills And Disasters — Infoplease.com Oil Spills and Disasters. The following list includes major oil spills since 1967. The circumstances surrounding the spill, amount of oil spilled, and the attendant environmental http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001451.html

Site Map FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Nov 1, 2010 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month ... games, quizzes Editor's Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Veterans Day Daylight Saving Time Infoplease's Facebook page ... DK Daily Teach Search: Infoplease Info search tips Search: Biographies Bio search tips Share World Disasters Oil Spills and Disasters The following list includes major oil spills since 1967. The circumstances surrounding the spill, amount of oil spilled, and the attendant environmental damage is also given. March 18, Cornwall, Eng.: Torrey Canyon ran aground, spilling 38 million gallons of crude oil off the Scilly Islands. Dec. 15, Buzzards Bay, Mass.: Argo Merchant ran aground and broke apart southeast of Nantucket Island, spilling its entire cargo of 7.7 million gallons of fuel oil. April, North Sea: blowout of well in Ekofisk oil field leaked 81 million gallons. March 16, off Portsall, France: wrecked supertanker Amoco Cadiz spilled 68 million gallons, causing widespread environmental damage over 100 mi of Brittany coast.

24. List Of Major Oilspills Compiled By George Draffan Major Oil Spills. compiled by George Draffan. Endgame homepage 2010 USA Louisiana On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the semisubmersible offshore drilling rig http://www.endgame.org/oilspills.htm

25. Democracy Now! Coverage of the oil spill and its aftermath from the daily TV/radio news program. http://www.democracynow.org/tags/bp_oil_spill

26. Oil Spill: Information From Answers.com Oil is one of the world's main sources of energy, but because it is unevenly distributed it must be transported by ship across oceans and by pipelines across land. This http://www.answers.com/topic/oil-spill-1

var isReferenceAnswers = true; BodyLoad('s'); On this page Library Animal Life Health History, Politics, Society ... Technology Oil spill Encyclopedia of Public Health: Oil Spills Home Library Health Public Health Encyclopedia Oil is one of the world's main sources of energy, but because it is unevenly distributed it must be transported by ship across oceans and by pipelines across land. This results in accidents when transferring oil to vessels, when transporting oil, and when pipelines break, as well as when drilling for oil. While massive and catastrophic oil spills receive most of the attention, smaller and chronic oil spills and seeps occur regularly. These spills contaminate coasts and estuaries, and they can cause human health problems. Oil is a mixture of hydrocarbon compounds, which are the decayed remains of marine animals and plants that lived in shallow inland seas, died, and drifted to the bottom. For the past 600 million years, under intense pressure and temperatures, these remains changed into the complicated hydrocarbons called petroleum. Crude oil is a mixture of gas, naphtha, kerosene, light gas, and residuals, which have different health effects. Overall production of petroleum products rose from about 500 million tons in 1950 to over 2,500 million tons by the mid-1990s, resulting in massive transport and associated oil spills. By far the greatest oil reserves are in the Middle East, and major transportation routes emanate from there. The number of oil spills, both major and minor, has been increasing with the increasing rate of oil transport and the aging of oil tankers, as well as an increase in the size of oil tankers. Oil accounts for over half the tonnage of all sea cargo.

27. Reporting Requirements | Emergency Management | US EPA The top priority of EPA's Emergency Management program is to eliminate any danger to the public and the environment posed by hazardous substance releases and oil spills. http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/reporting/index.htm

@import "http://www.epa.gov/osweroe1/s/oem.css"; @import "http://www.epa.gov/osweroe1/s/print.css"; @import "http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/s/epa.css"; @import "http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/s/print.css"; Jump to main content. Emergency Management Contact Us Search: All EPA Emergency Management You are here: EPA Home Emergency Management Reporting Requirements Navigation Home Our Programs Our ... Sources Reporting Requirements - Oil Spills and Hazardous Substance Releases Quickfinder Border Programs CAMEO EPCRA Facility Response Plan ... More... The top priority of EPA's Emergency Management program is to eliminate any danger to the public and the environment posed by hazardous substance releases and oil spills. Any person or organization responsible for a release or spill is required to notify the federal government when the amount reaches a federally-determined limit. Separate reporting requirements exist for: Oil spills Hazardous substance releases States also may have separate reporting requirements. However, anybody who discovers a hazardous substance release or oil spill is encouraged to contact the federal government, regardless of whether they are the responsible party. All it takes is a single telephone call to the National Response Center at (800) 424-8802.

28. Prestige Oil Spill - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Account from Wikipedia of the sinking of the oil tanker Prestige in 2002 off the Galician coast which caused a large oil spill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestige_oil_spill

Prestige oil spill From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article is about the spill. For the oil tanker, see Prestige (oil tanker) Prestige oil spill Volunteers cleaning the coastline in Galicia in the aftermath of the Prestige catastrophe, March, 2002 Location Atlantic Ocean Coordinates 42°53′00″N 9°53′00″W 42.883333°N 9.883333°W Date 19 November 2002 Cause Cause Hull breach Operator Universe Maritime Ltd. Spill characteristics The Prestige was an oil tanker whose sinking in 2002 off the Galician coast caused a large oil spill . The spill polluted thousands of kilometers of coastline and more than one thousand beaches on the Spanish and French coast, as well as causing great damage to the local fishing industry . The spill is the largest environmental disaster in Spain's history Contents The Event Cleanup Aftermath Hull cleanup ... edit The Event The Prestige was a Greek -operated, single- hulled oil tanker, officially registered in the Bahamas , but with a Liberian -registered single-purpose corporation as the owner. The ship had a deadweight tonnage, or carrying capacity, of approximately 81,000 tons, a measurement that put it at the small end of the

29. What's The Story On Oil Spills? Responding To Oil Spills What's the Story on Oil Spills? When we talk about oil spills, how much oil are we talking about? Quite a lot The United States uses about 700 million gallons of oil every day. http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_s

30. The Mariner Group -- Oil Spill History Following is a chronology of the world's worst oil spills in recent history http://www.marinergroup.com/oil-spill-history.htm

March 18 - UNITED KINGDOM - The Torrey Canyon ran aground off Cornwall spilling 80,000 tonnes (919,000 barrels) of crude. March 20 - SWEDEN - At least 438,000 barrels of oil spilled in a collision involving the Othello in Tralhavet Bay. December 19 - OMAN - After a collision with Brazilian tanker Horta Barbosa the South Korean tanker Sea Star spilled about 840,000 barrels of crude into the Gulf of Oman. December 15 - USA - The Argo Merchant ran aground off Nantucket spilling 183,000 barrels of oil and causing a slick 160 km (100 miles) long and 97 km wide. February 25 - PACIFIC - The Liberian-registered Hawaiian Patriot caught fire in the Northern Pacific spilling 723,000 barrels. March 16 - FRANCE - About 1.6 million barrels of crude spilled after the Amoco Cadiz ran aground near Portsall in France's worst ever tanker accident. The resulting slick eventually covered 125 miles of Breton coast. June 3 - MEXICO - An estimated 140 million gallons of oil spilled from an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico, 80 km NW of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.

31. Spillcon 2010 Annual international oil spill conference. http://www.spillcon.com

AC_FL_RunContent( 'width','854','height','172','title','header','src','images/flash_header','quality','high','movie','images/flash_header','wmode','transparent' ); //end AC code Thank you to those who attended and supported Spillcon 2010 To view a copy of available presentations, please click the link below. Spillcon operates in cooperation with the International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) in the United States, and Interspill in Europe, each operating in a three year cycle. Sponsors and organisers of all three conferences believe this alignment enhances regional and global knowledge sharing capabilities and provides greater resources for addressing global oil spill issues facing the industry. These conferences provide a venue for experts from around the world in spill prevention, preparedness, response and restoration to share information in a common forum. These conferences will continue to provide a unique opportunity for members of industry, government and the service sector to keep abreast of all major developments in the field and interact with subject matter experts. The next conference in this series is the International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) to be held in Portland, Oregon in the United States from 23-26 May 2011.

32. Oil Spills chapter of an oceanography book, describes ocean oil spills Oil Spills. Overview. The Ocean Studies Board and Marine Board of the National Academy of Sciences has published http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/oilspills.htm

Oil Spills Overview The Ocean Studies Board and Marine Board of the National Academy of Sciences has published Oil in the Sea (2003) which summarizes sources of oil pollution: Nearly 85 percent of the 29 million gallons of petroleum that enter North American ocean waters each year as a result of human activities comes from land-based runoff, polluted rivers, airplanes, and small boats and jet skis, while less than 8 percent comes from tanker or pipeline spills. Average annual contribution to oil in the ocean (1990-1999) from major sources of petroleum in kilotonnes. From Oil In The Sea , Ocean Studies Board and Marine Board of the National Academy of Sciences (2003). The major sources of petroleum in the sea, in order of importance, include: Natural seeps from rocks below the sea floor. Oil seeps are common in many areas, including the Gulf of Mexico and offshore of Southern California, and in other areas where oil is found beneath the continental shelf. Radarsat image of oil seeps near Green canyon in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil reaching the sea surface produces a slick that reflects little radio energy, seen as black lines in this image.

33. Oil Spills - BP Shipping Environmental Statement Oil spills can have a devastating impact on the natural and human environment http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9019878&contentId=7036

34. A Study Of Environmental And Health Consequences Of Oil Spills In Nigeria's Nige Investigation by three Nigerian environmental scientists on the impact of continuous oil spills in the Niger Delta, covering human health, air quality, fish health, and agriculture. http://www.waado.org/Environment/PetrolPolution/OilSpills/OilSpillsImpact_TitleP

Urhobo Historical Society OIL SPILLAGE IN NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA INTEGRATED GRASS ROOT POST-IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF ACUTE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS OIL SPILLS IN THE NIGER DELTA JANUARY 1998 - JANUARY 2000 PRIMARY AUTHORS/RESEARCHERS: DR. E. A. AKPOFURE CHIEF M. L. EFERE DR. PROSPER AYAWEI COMPLETE CONTACT ADDRESS: International Association for Impact Assessment Nigeria (IAIA) #13 Ekere Street, Rumuomasi, P. O. Box 5161, T/Amadi, Port Harcourt Nigeria. Tel/Fax: 084-2344622 Email: iaiangphca@linkserve.com PROCEED TO STUDY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS RETURN TO CONTENTS RETURN TO OIL SPILLS PAGE var site="sm9waado"

35. Show Number 1005 Oil Spills What parts of the environment are affected by an oil spill? How does the ecosystem work to help clean up an oil spill? What technology is available to help clean up an oil spill? http://reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/newton/Oilspill.ht

What parts of the environment are affected by an oil spill? How does the ecosystem work to help clean up an oil spill? What technology is available to help clean up an oil spill? What can humans do to prevent oil spills? Oil Spills How do you clean up an oil spill? Peggy gets a progress report on the clean up of one of the most well-known oil spills, the Exxon Valdez. Segment length: 9:30 Insights When an oil spill occurs, often due to a ruptured oil tanker or leaking oil rig, people around the world are awed by the damage to the environment. Many oil spills are caused by human error, but there are also naturally-occurring oil spills, such as seepages from oil deposits beneath the ocean floor. Regardless of their origins, oil spills have an impact on the environment. The initial impact of an oil spill on the environment is familiar to those who hear about the event and see its effects on the evening news: a film of oil spreading across the surface of the body of water; oil-stained beaches and shorelines; waterfowl and marine mammals coated with oil, struggling to survive; and the carcasses of wildlife littering the shoreline. The environment sustains some of its most visible damage within the first few days or months of the spill. But what are the long-term effects of a large spill? Some evidence suggests that the oil from the Exxon Valdez spill may have entered the food chain, and that the crude oil itself could continue to wreck havoc with the environment. Since oil floats and crude sinks, both the surface and the bottom of the ocean ecosystem could be affected for a long time.

36. California Coastal Commission, Public Education Program. Oil Spill Education Oil Spills. At 830am on November 7, 2007, a container ship struck the Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel into San Francisco Bay. http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/oilspills.html

Skip to: Content Footer Accessibility Search: California This Site CA.GOV Public Education Home About Us Who We Are ... Sustainable Seafood Left Column Top Left Column Bottom Right Column Oil Spills Oil Spill Program Why did the oil move through the Bay and into the ocean the way that it did? Why is oil harmful to the environment? What is the government doing to prevent oil spills? ... Oil Spill Glossary Why did the oil move through the Bay and into the ocean the way that it did? Tiffany Hu, 8th Grade video modeling the movement of the oil in the Bay. More information about San Francisco Bay and its natural processes: Bay Model Visitor Center San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission San Francisco Estuary Project Bay-Delta Estuary Factsheet Baykeeper's detailed record of oil spill articles and their experience with the November 7 spill NRDC looks at the history of oil spills in California Dead bird collected from Rodeo Beach. Photo: The Marine Mammal Center Why is oil harmful to the environment? Oil in the water can be deadly for animals. Oil is toxic when ingested. When birds get oil on their feathers, it impairs the important waterproofing that is necessary to keep a bird warm. A bird may also lose its ability to float in the water or to fly if it is covered in oil. Oiled marine mammals may suffer from hypothermia. Oil may cause reproductive problems and genetic abnormalities in fish. Contaminants may enter the food chain and result in seafood that is unfit for people to eat. As of November 26, 2007, 2,125 birds were either found dead or died after collection due to the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay. As of that date, 773 birds had been cleaned of oil and 188 of those had been released back into the Bay. Recovery workers after the 1989

37. Governor's Office Of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness | State Of Louis Provides the projected and archived trajectories of the oil spill (using Google s Louisiana Earth) along with hotline numbers. http://gohsep.la.gov/oilspill.aspx

38. Oil Spill **Read about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.** An oil spill is the accidental petroleum release into the environment. On land, oil spills are usually http://www.eoearth.org/article/Oil_spill

39. Oil Spill Resources - Louisiana Department Of Health And Hospitals Provides downloadable FAQs and oil spill guidance in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Also offers updates, news, videos and related links. http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=378

40. Oil Spills Endangered Species Handbook Endangered Species Handbook Aquatic Ecosystems Oil Spills The interdependence of mangroves, sea grass and coral reefs can result in the decline of all three ecosystems when http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/aquatic_oil.php

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