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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.
Diesel Storage Tank Release, Teller, AK
Teller, AK, USA
2023-May-26
Pipeline Rupture of Crude Oil into Marsh Area, Hackberry, LA
Hackberry, LA,
2023-May-24
Twin Otter Airplane Crash, 35 Miles West of Pacifica, CA
35 miles West of Pacifica, CA
2023-May-20
Refinery Fire, Inner Harbor, Corpus Christi, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
2023-May-17
Freighter Aground at Belle Isle, Detroit River, Detroit, MI
Belle Isle, Detroit, MI 48207, USA
2023-May-17
Release of Petroleum Coke (PET) from Sunk Barge, MM 54 of Lower Mississippi River, Davant, LA
USA
2023-May-09
Explosion and Fire at Refinery, Deer Park, TX
5900 Hwy 225, Deer Park, TX 77536
2023-May-05
Large Explosion at Pharmaceutical Chemical Factory, Newburyport, MA
9 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950, USA
2023-May-04
Bulk Carrier Strikes Pier at Dock 20 on the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH
Dock 20, Port of Cleveland, OH 44114, USA
2023-May-03
Crude Oil Discharge into Intracoastal Waterway, Hackberry, LA
Hackberry, LA, USA
2023-Apr-26
Year | Incidents |
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2023 | 60 |
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 |