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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.
Grounding of F/V Happy Hooker; Pilot Point, Alaska
Pilot Point, AK, USA
2025-Jun-30
Potential Discharge from 60-foot Sailboat; Cape Canaveral, Florida
CC4M+WJ Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
2025-Jun-28
Potential Discharge of Oil from Flowline; Vicinity of Lake Barre, Louisiana
76XF6GRF+92
2025-Jun-27
Drift Analysis for Deceased Whale in Barnegat Inlet; Berkeley Township, New Jersey
Berkeley Township, NJ, USA
2025-Jun-25
Crude Oil Discharge off Seal Island (artificial oil production island); North Slope, Alaska
North Slope, Alaska
2025-Jun-24
Drift Analyses for Deceased Humpback Whale; Offshore New York
Offshore New York
2025-Jun-23
Sheen Reported in Kingsbury Run; Cleveland, Ohio
2950 Independence Rd, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
2025-Jun-19
Lost Shipping Container of Plastic Bags; Admiralty Island, Alaska
Admiralty Island, AK
2025-Jun-18
Sinking of Commercial F/V Triple Threat; off Nantucket, Massachusetts
23 NM off Nantucket, MA
2025-Jun-18
Sheen near San Clemente Island; Southern California
2025-Jun-15
| Year | Incidents |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 |
| 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 |