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This site has news, photos, and other information about selected oil spills (and other incidents) where NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) provided scientific support for the incident response. It contains information on thousands of historical incidents spanning 30 years of OR&R spill response. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Floating Tar Patties from Dismantling of Hilcorp Boudreaux Canal Barge; Chauvin, LA
Chauvin, LA, USA
2024-Apr-04
Right Whale Carcass off Virginia Coast
Off Virginia Coast
2024-Mar-30
Release from Old Landfill on JBER Property; Anchorage, AK
Anchorage, AK, USA
2024-Mar-29
Grounded F/V WESTERLY; Point Reyes, CA
Point Reyes, CA
2024-Mar-28
M/V American Mariner Aid-to-Navigation Allision; Raber, MI
Raber, MI, USA
2024-Mar-28
Pierside Grounding of M/V Burns Harbour; Superior, WI
Superior, WI, USA
2024-Mar-27
Pierside Grounding of M/V American Courage, Lake Shore Blvd, Marquette, MI
2939-2943, Lake Shore Blvd, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
2024-Mar-27
Francis Scott Key Bridge Major Marine Casualty; Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD, USA
2024-Mar-26
Horsepen Bayou Crude Oil and Produced Water Discharge; Houston, TX
Houston, TX,
2024-Mar-25
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson; Norfolk, VA
439 W York St, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA
2024-Mar-22
Year | Incidents |
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2024 | 54 |
2023 | 158 |
2022 | 147 |
2021 | 173 |
2020 | 187 |
2019 | 181 |
2018 | 180 |
2017 | 197 |
2016 | 190 |
2015 | 154 |
2014 | 128 |
2013 | 92 |
2012 | 90 |
2011 | 48 |
2010 | 59 |
2009 | 178 |
2008 | 193 |
2007 | 131 |
2006 | 100 |
2005 | 89 |
2004 | 96 |
2003 | 105 |
2002 | 15 |
2001 | 65 |
2000 | 82 |
1999 | 84 |
1998 | 117 |
1997 | 83 |
1996 | 61 |
1995 | 42 |
1994 | 102 |
1993 | 60 |
1992 | 58 |
1991 | 80 |
1990 | 46 |
1989 | 94 |
1988 | 107 |
1987 | 102 |
1986 | 169 |
1985 | 146 |