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This seems pretty dangerous.

Bill David Brooks


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Anaheim plays the first of two consecutive games at Rexall tonight, in the second of three games against the Oilers. The last time the Ducks met the Oilers was in Anaheim on April 8th, and it was also the last game the Ducks won. In the four games since then, the Ducks have mostly not even tried to win.

Anyway, here's a list I stole from Wikipedia of every oil spill, ever.

Underway

Spill / vessel

Location

Dates

Estimated flow rate (tonnes/day)

Full cargo (tonnes)

Spilled (min tonnes)

Spilled (max tonnes)

Taylor Energy wells
Platform 23051

United States,Gulf of Mexico

16 September 2004to present (3137 days)

0.03 - 0.05

n/a

70

109

Note: The "flow rate" column applies to leaking wells, pipelines, etc., and is often used to estimate the total amount of oil spilled. The "full cargo" column applies to vessels, vehicles, etc., and represents the maximum amount of oil that could be spilled. The "spilled" columns indicate the total amount of oil that has been released to the environment so far, and should be based on official estimates found in referenced sources whenever possible. When official estimates vary, use the "min tonnes" and "max tonnes" columns to show the range of estimates (minimum and maximum) in metric tonnes (i.e. 1 tonne = 1,000 kg).

Completed

Spill / Vessel

Location

Dates

Min Tonnes

Max Tonnes

2013 Mayflower oil spill

United States, Arkansas, Mayflower

30 March 2013

260

954

Arthur Kill storage tank spill (Hurricane Sandy)

United States, New Jersey, Sewaren

29 October 2012

1,090

1,130

Sundre, Alberta oil spill

Canada, Sundre

8 June 2012

410

410

Nigeria oil spill

Nigeria, Bonga Field

21 December 2011

5,500

5,500

TK Bremen

France, Brittany, Erdeven

16 December 2011

220

220

Campos Basin oil spill

Brazil, Campos Basin, Frade Field

7 November 2011 - 15 November 2011

89

400

Rena oil spill

New Zealand, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty

5 October 2011 - August 2012

350

350

North Sea oil spill

United Kingdom, North Sea, Gannet Alpha platform

10 August 2011 - 13 August 2011

216

216

2011 Yellowstone River oil spill

United States, Billings, Montana, Yellowstone River

1 July 2011

105

140

Bohai Bay oil spill

China, Bohai Bay

4 June 2011 - 19 June 2011

204

204

2011 Little Buffalo oil spill

Canada, Alberta

29 April 2011

3,800

3,800

Mumbai-Uran pipeline spill

India, Mumbai, Arabian Sea

21 January 2011

40

55

Fiume Santo power station

Italy, Sardinia, Porto Torres

11 January 2011

15

15

Mumbai oil spill / MV MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia 3

India, Mumbai, Arabian Sea

7 August 2010 - 9 August 2010

400

800

Barataria Bay oil spill

United States, Barataria Bay, Gulf of Mexico

27 July 2010 - 1 August 2010

23

45

Talmadge Creek oil spill

United States, Kalamazoo River, Calhoun County, Michigan

26 July 2010

2,800

3,250

Xingang Port oil spill

China, Yellow Sea

16 July 2010 - 21 July 2010

1,500

90,000

Jebel al-Zayt oil spill

Egypt, Red Sea

16 June 2010 - 23 June 2010

unknown

unknown

Red Butte Creek oil spill

United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

11 June 2010 - 12 June 2010

65

107

Trans-Alaska Pipeline spill

United States, Anchorage, Alaska

25 May 2010

400

1,200

MT Bunga Kelana 3

Singapore, Singapore Strait

25 May 2010

2,000

2,500

2010 ExxonMobil oil spill

Nigeria, Niger Delta

1 May 2010

3,246

95,500

Deepwater Horizon

United States, Gulf of Mexico

20 April 2010 - 15 July 2010

492,000

627,000

2010 Great Barrier Reef oil spill / MV Shen Neng 1

Australia Great Keppel Island

3 April 2010

3

4

2010 Port Arthur oil spill

United States, Port Arthur, Texas

23 January 2010

1,500

1,500

Yellow River oil spill

China, Chishui River (Shaanxi)

5 January 2010

130

130

Montara oil spill

Australia, Timor Sea

21 August 2009

4,000

30,000

Full City oil spill

Norway, Rognsfjorden near Såstein south of Langesund

31 July 2009

200

200

2009 Lüderitz oil spill

Namibia, Southern coast

8 April 2009

unknown

unknown

2009 Queensland oil spill

Australia, Queensland

10 March 2009

230

260

West Cork oil spill

Ireland, Southern coast

February 2009

300

300

2008 New Orleans oil spill

United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

28 July 2008

8,800

8,800

2007 Statfjord oil spill

Norway, Norwegian Sea

12 December 2007

4,000

4,000

2007 Korea oil spill

South Korea, Yellow Sea

7 December 2007

10,800

10,800

Kerch Strait oil spill

Ukraine
Russia, Strait of Kerch

11 November 2007

1,000

1,000

COSCO Busan oil spill

United States, San Francisco, California

7 November 2007

188

188

Kab 101

Mexico, Bay of Campeche

23 October 2007 - 17 December 2007

1,869

1,869

Burnaby Oil Spill

Canada, Burnaby, British Columbia

24 July 2007

201

201

Guimaras oil spill

Philippines

11 August 2006

172

1,540

Jiyeh power station oil spill

Lebanon

14 July 2006 - 15 July 2006

20,000

30,000

Citgo refinery oil spill

United States, Lake Charles, Louisiana

19 June 2006

6,500

6,500

Prudhoe Bay oil spill

United States, Alaska North Slope, Alaska

2 March 2006

653

689

Bass Enterprises (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Cox Bay, Louisiana

30 August 2005

12,000

12,000

Shell (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Pilottown, Louisiana

30 August 2005

3,400

3,400

Chevron (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Empire, Louisiana

30 August 2005

3,200

3,200

Murphy Oil USA refinery spill (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Meraux and Chalmette, Louisiana

30 August 2005

2,660

3,410

Bass Enterprises (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

30 August 2005

1,500

1,500

Chevron (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Port Fourchon, Louisiana

30 August 2005

170

170

Venice Energy Services Company (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Venice, Louisiana

30 August 2005

81

81

Shell Pipeline Oil (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, Nairn, Louisiana

30 August 2005

44

44

Sundown Energy (Hurricane Katrina)

United States, West Potash, Louisiana

30 August 2005

42

42

MV Selendang Ayu

United States, Unalaska Island, Alaska

8 December 2004

1,560

1,560

Athos 1

United States, Delaware River, Paulsboro, New Jersey

26 November 2004

860

860

MP-80 Delta 20" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan)

United States, Louisiana

16 September 2004 - 19 September 2004

963

963

MP-69 Nakika 18" & MP-151 Nakika 18" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan)

United States, Louisiana

16 September 2004 - 6 October 2004

618

618

Chevron-Texaco tank collapse (Hurricane Ivan)

United States, Louisiana

16 September 2004 - 17 September 2004

423

423

Tasman Spirit

Pakistan, Karachi

28 July 2003

28,000

30,000

Bouchard No. 120

United States, Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Massachusetts

27 April 2003

320

320

Prestige oil spill

Spain, Galicia

13 November 2002

63,000

63,000

Limburg (bombing)

Yemen, Gulf of Aden

6 October 2002

12,200

12,200

Manguinhos refinery

Brazil, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro

23 November 2001

34

97

Trans-Alaska Pipeline gunshot spill

United States, Alaska

4 October 2001

932

932

2001 Shell Ogbodo oil spill

Nigeria

25 June 2001

9,500

unknown

2001 Shell Ogoniland oil spill

Nigeria

May 2001

unknown

unknown

Petrobras 36

Brazil, Roncador Oil Field, Campos Basin

15 March 2001

274

274

Amorgos oil spill

Taiwan, Southern coast

14 January 2001

1,150

1,150

Jessica

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands

January 2001

568

568

Pine River

Canada, Chetwynd, British Columbia

1 August 2000

850

850

Project Deep Spill

Norway, Helland Hansen ridge

June 2000

100

100

Treasure

South Africa, Cape Town

June 2000

1,400

1,400

Petrobras pipeline

Brazil, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro

January 2000

1,100

1,100

Erika

France, Bay of Biscay

12 December 1999

15,000

25,000

MV New Carissa

United States, Coos Bay, Oregon

4 February 1999 - 9 March 1999

230

230

Mobil Nigeria oil spill

Nigeria

12 January 1998

5,500

5,500

Nakhodka

Japan, Sea of Japan

December 1997

6,240

6,240

Julie N.

United States, Portland, Maine

27 September 1996

586

586

Sea Empress

United Kingdom, Pembrokeshire

15 February 1996

40,000

72,000

North Cape

United States, Rhode Island

19 January 1996

2,500

2,500

Seki oil spill

United Arab Emirates

31 March 1994

15,900

15,900

Morris J. Berman oil spill

Puerto Rico

7 January 1994

2,600

2,600

MV Braer

United Kingdom, Shetland

5 January 1993

85,000

85,000

Aegean Sea

Spain, A Coruña

3 December 1992

74,000

74,000

Katina P

Mozambique, Maputo

26 April 1992

72,000

72,000

Fergana Valley

Uzbekistan

2 March 1992

285,000

285,000

Kirki

Australia, Indian ocean, off the coast of Western Australia

21 July 1991

17,280

17,280

ABT Summer

Angola, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) offshore

28 May 1991

260,000

260,000

MT Haven

Italy, Mediterranean Sea near Genoa

11 April 1991

144,000

144,000

Gulf War oil spill

Iraq, Persian Gulf

23 January 1991

270,000

820,000

Mega Borg

United States, Gulf of Mexico, 57 mi (92 km) SE of Galveston,Texas

8 June 1990

16,499

16,501

American Trader

United States, Bolsa Chica State Beach, California

7 February 1990

979

981

Arthur Kill pipeline spill

United States, New Jersey, Sewaren

1 January 1990

1,840

1,840

Khark 5

Spain, 350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) off Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

19 December 1989

70,000

80,000

Presidente Rivera

United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

24 June 1989

993

993

Exxon Valdez

United States, Prince William Sound, Alaska

24 March 1989

37,000

104,000

Odyssey

Canada, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) off Nova Scotia

10 November 1988

132,000

132,000

Ashland oil spill

United States, Floreffe, Pennsylvania

2 January 1988

10,000

10,000

Nova

Iran, Gulf of Iran, Kharg Island

6 December 1985

70,000

70,000

Grand Eagle

United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

28 September 1985

1,400

1,400

SS Mobil Oil

United States, Columbia River, Longview, Washington

19 March 1984

550

650

Castillo de Bellver

South Africa, Saldanha Bay

6 August 1983

252,000

252,000

Nowruz Field Platform

Iran, Persian Gulf

4 February 1983

260,000

260,000

Tanio

France, Brittany

7 March 1980

13,500

13,500

Irenes Serenade

Greece, Pylos

23 February 1980

100,000

100,000

MT Independenţa

Turkey, Bosphorus

15 November 1979

95,000

95,000

Burmah Agate

United States, Galveston Bay, Texas

1 November 1979

8,440

8,440

Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain

Trinidad and Tobago

19 July 1979

287,000

287,000

Ixtoc I oil spill

Mexico, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico

3 June 1979 - 23 March 1980

454,000

480,000

Betelgeuse

Ireland, Bantry Bay

8 January 1979

64,000

64,000

Amoco Cadiz

France, Brittany

16 March 1978

223,000

227,000

Trans-Alaska Pipeline sabotage by explosives

United States, Alaska

15 February 1978

2,162

2,162

Venpet / Venoil collision

South Africa, Cape St. Francis

16 December 1977

26,600

30,500

Ekofisk oil field

Norway, North Sea

22 April 1977

27,600

27,600

Hawaiian Patriot

United States, 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) off Honolulu, Hawaii

26 February 1977

95,000

95,000

Borag

Taiwan, Northern coast

7 February 1977

34,000

34,000

Argo Merchant

United States, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

15 December 1976

25,000

28,000

NEPCO 140 oil spill

United States, Saint Lawrence River

23 June 1976

1,000

1,000

Urquiola

Spain, A Coruña

12 May 1976

100,000

100,000

Niger Delta

Nigeria, Niger Delta

1976 - 1996

258,000

328,000

Corinthos

United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

31 January 1975

35,700

35,700

Jakob Maersk

Portugal, Oporto

29 January 1975

88,000

88,000

VLCC Metula

Chile, Strait of Magellan

9 August 1974

50,000

51,000

Sea Star

Iran, Gulf of Oman

19 December 1972

115,000

115,000

Oswego-Guardian / Texanita collision

South Africa, Stilbaai

21 August 1972

10,000

10,000

Wafra

South Africa, Cape Agulhas

21 February 1971

27,000

27,000

Arizona Standard / Oregon Standard collision

United States, San Francisco Bay

17 January 1971

2,700

2,700

Othello

Sweden, Trälhavet Bay

20 March 1970

50,000

60,000

1969 Santa Barbara oil spill

United States, Santa Barbara, California

28 January 1969

10,000

14,000

Torrey Canyon

United Kingdom, Isles of Scilly

18 March 1967

80,000

119,000

African Queen oil spill

United States, Ocean City, Maryland

30 December 1958

21,000

21,000

Avila Beach pipeline

United States, Avila Beach, California

1950's - 1996

1,300

1,300

Guadalupe Oil Field

United States, Guadalupe, California

1950's - 1994

29,000

29,000

Greenpoint, Brooklyn oil spill

United States, Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York

1940s - 1950s

55,200

97,400

SS Frank H. Buck / SS President Coolidge collision

United States, San Francisco Bay, California

6 March 1937

8,870

8,870

Lakeview Gusher

United States, Kern County, California

14 March 1910 - 10 September 1911

1,230,000

1,230,000

Thomas W. Lawson

United Kingdom, Isles of Scilly

14 December 1907

7,400

7,400

What a bunch of dicks.