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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.
Barge Fire; New Castle, Delaware
MC5V+W7 New Castle, DE, USA
2026-Mar-10
Container Ship Loses 32 Containers; south of Aleutian Islands, Alaska
2026-Mar-09
Untreated Sewage Discharge, MM 5 Ohio River; Avalon, Pennsylvania
FWWH+3C Avalon, PA, USA
2026-Mar-07
Tarball Report at Monterey Bay; Indian Head Beach, California
M5MM+GR Marina, CA, USA
2026-Mar-05
F/V Denali Discharge, Salmon Landing Dock; Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan, AK 99901, USA
2026-Mar-05
Stranded Vessel in San Francisco Bay; Belvedere Tiburon, California
3101 Paradise Dr, Belvedere Tiburon, CA 94920, USA
2026-Mar-05
Flowline Leak, Grand Pass; Pilottown, Louisiana
5M34+65 Pilottown, LA, USA
2026-Mar-04
Release at Transfer Buoy, Grand Isle Block 59, LOOP Marine Terminal; Gulf of America
Gulf
2026-Feb-26
Mystery Sheen in Grande Isle 18; Grand Isle, Louisiana
Grand Isle, LA, USA
2026-Feb-25
M/V Skipper; Gulf of America
Gulf of America
2026-Feb-24
| Year | Incidents |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 |
| 2025 | 156 |
| 2024 | 176 |
| 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 |