Northeastern Brazil and Southeastern Brazil Coastline, >750 localities affected.[1]
Date
30 August 2019 — 2020
Cause
Cause
Unconfirmed
Spill characteristics
Volume
> 5,000-12,000 tonnes[2]
Shoreline impacted
Northeast Brazil and Southeastern Brazil
In 2019, a spill of crude oil in northeastern Brazil affected Brazilian jurisdictional waters and over 2,250 km (1,400 mi) of coastline. The spill was first reported on 30 August 2019. The origin of the oil spill is unconfirmed but stated to not be Brazilian. By the end of October 2019, over 1,000 tonnes had been cleaned up; the spill had contaminated portions of all nine states of Brazil's Northeast Region.
It is the worst oil spill in Brazilian history[3] and the largest environmental disaster ever recorded on the Brazilian coast[4] or any tropical coastal region worldwide.[5]
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