10.8×10^6 US gal (260,000 bbl; 41,000 m3) (or 37,000 metric tonnes)
Shoreline impacted
1,300 mi (2,100 km)
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m. The tanker spilled approximately 10.8 million US gallons (260,000 bbl) (or 37,000 tonnes)[1] of crude oil over the next few days.[2]
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.[3][4] Prince William Sound's remote location, accessible only by helicopter, plane, or boat, made government and industry response efforts difficult and made existing response plans especially hard to implement. The region is a habitat for salmon, sea otters, seals, and seabirds. The oil, extracted from the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, eventually affected 1,300 miles (2,100 km) of coastline, of which 200 miles (320 km) were heavily or moderately oiled.[2][5][6]
^"Properties of Prudhoe Bay (2004) (ESTS #679)" (PDF). Environment and Climate Change Canada. Government of Canada. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 7, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
^ abCite error: The named reference faq was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference histories was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Leahy, Stephen (March 22, 2019). "Exxon Valdez changed the oil industry forever – but new threats emerge". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
^Cite error: The named reference SpillAroundUs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Shigenaka, Gary (2014). "Twenty-Five Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: NOAA's Scientific Support, Monitoring, and Research" (PDF). Office of Response and Restoration. Seattle: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
and 24 Related for: Exxon Valdez oil spill information
The ExxonValdezoilspill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William...
ExxonValdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling her cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24...
oilspills, the largest and most notable of which was the ExxonValdezoilspill in Alaska and itself considered to be one of the world's worst oil spills...
22, 2022) was an American sailor. He was the captain of ExxonValdez during her 1989 oilspill. He was accused of being intoxicated which contributed to...
Exxon Valdezoilspill was the second largest in U.S. history, and in the aftermath of the ExxonValdez incident, the U.S. Congress passed the Oil Pollution...
following the spill. Despite that it is not the world's largest oilspill, the ExxonValdezoilspill is typically considered the most notorious in American history...
finalized a deal with Exxon over damages from the 1989 ExxonValdezoilspill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The agreement between Exxon and the so– called...
phytoplankton, which in turn sustain larger animals. The grounding of the oil tanker ExxonValdez in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, produced extensive contamination...
Oil pollution toxicity to marine fish has been observed from oilspills such as the ExxonValdez disaster, and from nonpoint sources, such as surface runoff...
business. When the ExxonValdezoilspill disrupted the local fishing-based economy, she became an environmental activist. Since the spill, she has participated...
ending the initial construction of the AMHS. On March 24, 1989, the ExxonValdez struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound. The State of Alaska's on scene...
portal ExxonValdezoilspill List of industrial disasters List of oilspills Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States) Taylor oilspill Timeline...
the oil tanker ExxonValdez in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, produced extensive contamination of the Katmai coastline. By early April, oil had...
otters also become damaged after they inhale oil or ingest it when grooming. The ExxonValdezoilspill of 24 March 1989 killed thousands of sea otters...
Bay On March 24, 1989 the ExxonValdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska creating one of the largest oilspills in American history. On April...
m). On March 24, 1989, the oil tanker ExxonValdez ran aground on Bligh Reef after leaving Valdez, causing a large oilspill, which resulted in massive...
000 m3)of oil into Prince William Sound, oiling 1,300 miles (2,100 km) of the remote Alaskan coastline. The State of Alaska's ExxonValdezOilSpill Trustee...
the spill, figures place it several times the size (by volume) of the ExxonValdezoilspill, making it one of the—if not the—largest oilspills in history...
2008-02-22. "Frequently asked questions about the ExxonValdezOilSpill". State of Alaska, ExxonValdezOilSpill Trustee Council. 1999. Archived from the original...
Global Information
