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Latest Incidents
Incident History by Year

Name	Location	Date
Trinity Bay Anomalies (MPSR)	Chambers County, TX, USA	2020-Oct-13
High Island 330 Sheen	Offshore Texas	2020-Oct-13
Hurricane Delta	Gulf of Mexico	2020-Oct-06
Kamchatka Spill	Kamchatka Krai, Russia	2020-Oct-04
Mystery Sheen, MSU Chicago	Government Pier, Waukegan, IL 60085, USA	2020-Oct-03
Bulk Carrier Aground Welsh Island, Oregon	Welsh Island, OR, USA	2020-Oct-01
Lobo Durango Platform Allision, Breton Sound	LA, USA	2020-Sep-30
Yuma Energy Platform Leak, Breton Sound	LA, USA	2020-Sep-30
West Bell Island Oil Spill	LA, USA	2020-Sep-29
YM MANDATE, Jersey City, NJ	51 Port Terminal Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 07002, USA	2020-Sep-28

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Trinity Bay Anomalies (MPSR)

Chambers County, TX, USA
2020-Oct-13

High Island 330 Sheen

Offshore Texas
2020-Oct-13

Hurricane Delta

Gulf of Mexico
2020-Oct-06

Kamchatka Spill

Kamchatka Krai, Russia
2020-Oct-04

Mystery Sheen, MSU Chicago

Government Pier, Waukegan, IL 60085, USA
2020-Oct-03

Bulk Carrier Aground Welsh Island, Oregon

Welsh Island, OR, USA
2020-Oct-01

Lobo Durango Platform Allision, Breton Sound

LA, USA
2020-Sep-30

Yuma Energy Platform Leak, Breton Sound

LA, USA
2020-Sep-30

West Bell Island Oil Spill

LA, USA
2020-Sep-29

YM MANDATE, Jersey City, NJ

51 Port Terminal Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 07002, USA
2020-Sep-28