# List of oil spills

This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallons, 7.33 barrels, or 1165 litres. This calculation uses a median value of 0.858 for the specific gravity of light crude oil; actual values can range from 0.816 to 0.893, so the amounts shown below are inexact. They are also estimates, because the actual volume of an oil spill is difficult to measure exactly.

## Confirmed spills

| Spill or vessel | Location | Dates | Tonnes (min) | Tonnes (max) | Owner | Ref(s) |
| 2024 Bukom refinery leak | Singapore, off Pulau Bukom | 27 December 2024 | | | Shell | |
| Karak Highway tanker truck rollover | Malaysia, Selangor, Sungai Gombak | 25 December 2024 | 20 | 20 | | |
| 2024 Peru oil spill | Peru, Piura, near Talara Refinery | 21 December 2024 | | | | |
| Ines Corrado | Singapore, off Changi, Singapore Strait | 28 October 2024 | 5 | 5 | Gestion Maritime | |
| 2024 Bukom pipeline leak | Singapore, off Pulau Bukom | 20 October 2024 | 30 | 40 | Shell | |
| 2024 Golfe Triste oil spill | Venezuela, near Puerto Cabello | 17 August 2024 | | | Petroleos de Venezuela SA | |
| 2024 Manila Bay oil spill - MT Terra Nova capsized and sank in 34m depth of water | Philippines, Manila Bay | 24 July 2024 | unknown | ~1,500 | (MT Terra Nova sailed under the Philippine flag) | |
| 2024 Singapore oil spill / Vox Maxima and Marine Honour | Singapore, Pasir Panjang Terminal | 14 June 2024 | 400 | 400 | Van Oord and Vitol Bunkers | |
| Karak Highway tanker truck rollover | Malaysia, Selangor | 13 May 2024 | | | | |
| Gulfstream | Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago | 7 February 2024 | | 4,773 | | |
| El Palito Refinery | Venezuela, Golfo Triste | December 2023 | | | Petróleos de Venezuela | |
| Undersea pipeline near Louisiana coast | United States, Port Eads, Louisiana, Louisiana | 16 November 2023 | 3,500 | 3,500 | Main Pass Oil Gathering company | |
| 2023 Marco Polo oil spill | Sweden, Karlshamn, Blekinge | 22 October 2023 | 150 | 180 | TT-Line | |
| Poole Harbour oil spill | United Kingdom, Wytch Farm, Poole Harbour, Dorset | 26 March 2023 | | 6 | Perenco | |
| 2023 Princess Empress oil spill | Philippines, Pola, Oriental Mindoro | 28 February 2023 | 881 | 881 | RDC Reield Marine Services | |
| 2022 Keystone Pipeline oil spill | United States, Washington County, Kansas | 7 December 2022 | 1,773 | 1,910 | TC Energy | |
| 2022 Saint Bernard Parish oil spill | United States, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana | 25 September 2022 | 65 | 65 | Entergy Louisiana | |
| 2022 Frog Lake oil spill | United States, Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana | 31 July 2022 | 13 | 13 | WCC Energy | |
| 2022 Cheshire oil truck rollover | United States, Cheshire, Connecticut | 11 February 2022 | 62.98 | 62.98 | Libretti and Sons Fuel | |
| 2022 Callao oil spill | Ventanilla District, Callao, Peru | 15 January 2022 | 1,626.39 | 1,861.68 | Repsol | |
| 2021 New Orleans oil spill | United States, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana | 27 December 2021 | 944.11 | 944.11 | PBF Energy | |
| 2021 Orange County oil spill | United States, Orange County, California shoreline | 1 October 2021 | 424.42 | 424.42 | Amplify Energy | |
| 2021 Mediterranean oil spill / Emerald | Israel, Lebanon, Mediterranean shoreline | 11 February 2021 | unknown | unknown | Emerald Marine Ltd | |
| Chevron Richmond Refinery | United States, Richmond, California | 9 February 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | Chevron Corporation | |
| 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill | United States, North Carolina, Huntersville | 14 August 2020 | 63,000 | 63,000 | Colonial Pipeline | |
| El Palito Refinery | Venezuela, Golfo Triste | 8 August 2020 | 2,700 | 2,700 | Petróleos de Venezuela | |
| 2020 Pointe D'Esny MV Wakashio oil spill | Mauritius, Ile Aux Aigrettes and Mahébourg | 25 July 2020 | 1,300 | 4,300 | Wakashio Suisan Company Limited, Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Trans Mountain oil spill | Canada, British Columbia, Abbotsford | 14 June 2020 | 118.5 | 184.87 | Trans Mountain | |
| Norilsk diesel fuel spill | Russia, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai | 29 May 2020 | 17,500 | 17,500 | Nornickel | |
| Tanker truck pumping out sludge from a vessel | New Zealand, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty | 30 March 2020 | 1.7 | 1.7 | | |
| T. G. Williams Well No. 1 tank battery | United States, Texas, Oakland Creek, Longview | 30 March 2020 | unknown | unknown | Fortune Resources | |
| Greka Energy oil facility | United States, California, Santa Maria | 30 March 2020 | 'small' | unknown | Greka Energy | |
| True Oil pipeline | United States, North Dakota, Red Wing Creek | 27 March 2020 | unknown | unknown | True Oil LLC | |
| Tanker truck rollover | United States, California, Santa Maria, Cuyama River | 21 March 2020 | 14.6 | 19.5 | | |
| Keystone Pipeline 2019 spill | United States, North Dakota, Walsh County, North Dakota | 29 October 2019 | 1,240 | 1,240 | TransCanada Corporation | |
| Willowton Oil | South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, near Pietermaritzburg and Durban | August 2019 | unknown | unknown | Willowton Group | |
| North East Brazil oil spill (suspected source: NM Bouboulina) | Brazil, 733 km from Paraiba | 29 July 2019 | unknown | unknown | Delta Tankers Ltd. | |
| Guarello Island iron ore export terminal diesel spill | Chile, Guarello Island, Magallanes Region | 27 July 2019 | 35.4 | 35.4 | Compañía de Acero del Pacífico | |
| MV Chrysanthi S bunkering spill at sea | South Africa, Algoa Bay, Port of Ngqura | 6 July 2019 | 0.2 | 0.4 | SA Marine Fuels (bunkering service company) | |
| MV Solomon Trader fuel oil spill | Solomon Islands, Rennell Island | 5 February 2019 | 75 | 80 | South Express Ltd | |
| SeaRose FPSO production ship spill | Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | 16 November 2018 | 219 | 219 | Husky Energy | |
| Ulysse-Virginia collision | North of Corsica (international waters) | October 2018 | | | | |
| Port Erin diesel spill (source unknown) | Isle of Man | 23 July 2018 | unknown | unknown | unknown | |
| Doon, Iowa derailment | United States, Lyon County, Iowa | 22 June 2018 | 520 | 520 | BNSF Railway | |
| Sanchi oil tanker collision with CF Crystal | East China Sea | 6 January 2018 | 138,000 | 138,000 | National Iranian Tanker Company | |
| Keystone Pipeline 2017 spill | United States, Marshall County, South Dakota | 16 November 2017 | 1,322 | 1,322 | TransCanada Corporation | |
| Delta House floating production platform spill | United States, Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana | 11 October 2017 – 12 October 2017 | 1,080 | 1,280 | LLOG Exploration | |
| Agia Zoni II | Greece, Saronic Gulf, Salamis | 10 September 2017 | 2,500 | 2,500 | Fos Petroleum SA | |
| Chemroad Mega collision with Sinica Graeca | Malaysia, Johor, Pengerang, off Tompok Utara | 19 August 2017 | | | IINO Marine Services and Angelakos | |
| East River insulating oil spill | United States, New York | 7 May 2017 | 97 | 101 | Con Edison | |
| Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access Pipeline Leak | United States, North Dakota | 4 April 2017 | 0.27 | 0.27 | Energy Transfer Partners | |
| Chennai Ennore oil spill | India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 28 January 2017 | 251 | 251 | Darya Shipping Solutions | |
| APL Denver and Wan Hai 301 | Singapore, off Pulau Ubin, East Johor Strait | 3 January 2017 | 300 | 300 | | |
| Belle Fourche pipeline leak | United States, North Dakota, Billings County, Ash Coulee Creek | 5 December 2016 | 571 | 571 | Belle Fourche Pipeline Company | |
| Fox Creek pipeline leak | Canada, Alberta, Fox Creek | 6 October 2016 | 240 | 240 | Trilogy Energy | |
| BP Clair production platform, North Sea | United Kingdom, Shetland, Clair platform | 2 October 2016 | 105 | 105 | S.McDonald/D.Goodrum | |
| 2016 Colonial Pipeline leak | United States, Shelby County, Alabama | 12 September 2016 | 1,092 | 1,092 | Colonial Pipeline Co | |
| North Battleford pipeline spill | Canada, Saskatchewan, North Battleford | 21 July 2016 | 170 | 210 | Husky Energy | |
| ConocoPhillips Canada pipeline spill | Canada, Alberta, Grande Cache | 9 June 2016 | 323 | 323 | ConocoPhillips | |
| 2016 Union Pacific oil train fire | United States, Oregon, Mosier | 3 June 2016 | 152 | 152 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
| Denbury Resources Bowman County Oil SPill | United States, North Dakota Bowman County | 18 May 2016 | 44 | 44 | Denbury Resources | |
| Shell Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Brutus offshore platform | United States, Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana | 12 May 2016 | 316 | 316 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| Keystone Pipeline 2016 spill | United States, Menno, South Dakota | 2 April 2016 | 55 | 55 | TransCanada Corporation | |
| Refugio oil spill | United States, California, near Refugio State Beach | 19 May 2015 | 330 | 330 | Plains All American Pipeline | |
| MV Marathassa bunker fuel spill | Canada, British Columbia, English Bay (Vancouver) | 13 April 2015 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Alassia NewShips Management Inc. | |
| Illinois train derailment | United States, Illinois, near Galena | 5 March 2015 | 1,300 | 1,300 | BNSF Railway | |
| 2015 Yellowstone River oil spill | United States, Montana, near Glendive | 17 January 2015 | 41 | 160 | Bridger Pipeline LLC | |
| Alyarmouk and Sinar Kapuas | Singapore, off Pedra Branca, Singapore Strait | 2 January 2015 | 4,500 | 4,500 | | |
| Black Sea oil pipeline spill | Russia, Tuapse, near Black Sea | 24 December 2014 | unknown | unknown | Transneft | |
| 2014 Israeli oil spill | Israel, Eilat, Trans-Israel pipeline | 6 December 2014 | 1,948 | 4,300 | Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company | |
| Mid-Valley Pipeline | United States, Louisiana, Mooringsport | 13 October 2014 | 546 | 546 | Sunoco | |
| Lake Michigan oil spill | United States, Indiana, Whiting refinery | 24 March 2014 | 2 | 5 | BP | |
| MV Miss Susan/MV Summer Wind | United States, Texas, Houston Ship Channel | 22 March 2014 | 546 | 546 | Kirby Corporation | |
| North Dakota pipeline spill | United States, North Dakota, Hiland | 21 March 2014 | 110 | 110 | Hiland Crude LLC | |
| Hammonia Thracium and Zoey | Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait | 11 February 2014 | 80 | 80 | | |
| NYK Themis and AZ Fuzhou | Singapore, off Marina South, East Keppel Fairway | 30 January 2014 | 400 | 400 | | |
| Lime Galaxy and Feihe | Singapore, off Jurong Island, Singapore Strait | 29 January 2014 | 280 | 280 | | |
| North Dakota train collision | United States, North Dakota, Casselton | 30 December 2013 | 1,300 | 1,300 | BNSF Railway | |
| Bullenbaai | Curaçao, Bullenbaai, Isla refinery | 1 November 2013 | unknown | unknown | Petróleos de Venezuela | |
| North Dakota pipeline spill | United States, North Dakota, Tioga | 25 September 2013 – 29 September 2013 | 2,810 | 2,810 | Tesoro | |
| Rayong oil spill | Thailand, Rayong/Ko Samet, Gulf of Thailand | 27 July 2013 | 43 | 163 | PTT Global Chemical | |
| Lac-Mégantic derailment | Canada, Québec, Lac-Mégantic | 6 July 2013 | 4,830 | 4,830 | | |
| Cushing storage terminal | United States, Oklahoma, Cushing | 18 May 2013 | 340 | 340 | Enbridge Energy Partners | |
| Mayflower | United States, Arkansas, Mayflower | 30 March 2013 | 680 | 950 | ExxonMobil | |
| Magnolia refinery | United States, Arkansas, Magnolia | 9 March 2013 | 680 | 760 | Delek Logistics | |
| Bullenbaai | Curaçao, Bullenbaai | 7 November 2012 | unknown | unknown | Petróleos de Venezuela | |
| Arthur Kill storage tank diesel spill (Hurricane Sandy) | United States, New Jersey, Sewaren | 29 October 2012 | 1,090 | 1,130 | Exxon | |
| Curaçao | Curaçao, Isla refinery and Jan Kok nature preserve | 17 August 2012 | unknown | unknown | Petróleos de Venezuela | |
| Sundre, Alberta | Canada, Sundre | 8 June 2012 | 410 | 410 | | |
| Guarapiche River | Venezuela, Maturín, Monagas | 4 February 2012 | 680 | 41,000 | PDVSA | |
| Nigeria | Nigeria, Bonga Field | 21 December 2011 | 5,500 | 5,500 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| TK Bremen | France, Brittany, Erdeven | 16 December 2011 | 220 | 220 | Blue Atlantic Shipping | |
| Campos Basin | Brazil, Campos Basin, Frade Field | 7 November 2011 – 15 November 2011 | 89 | 400 | Chevron Corporation | [135] [136] |
| Rena oil spill | New Zealand, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty | 5 October 2011 – August 2012 | 350 | 350 | Costamare | [137] [138] |
| Gannet Alpha platform, North Sea | United Kingdom, North Sea, Gannet Alpha platform | 10 August 2011 – 13 August 2011 | 216 | 216 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| Yellowstone River | United States, Billings, Montana, Yellowstone River | 1 July 2011 | 105 | 140 | ExxonMobil | |
| Bohai Bay oil spill | China, Bohai Bay | 4 June 2011 – 19 June 2011 | 204 | 204 | ConocoPhillips | |
| Little Buffalo oil spill | Canada, Alberta | 29 April 2011 | 3,800 | 3,800 | Plains All American Pipeline | |
| Mumbai-Uran pipeline spill | India, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 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, Maharashtra | 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 | Cedyco Corp. | |
| Kalamazoo River oil spill | United States, Kalamazoo River, Calhoun County, Michigan | 26 July 2010 | 2,800 | 3,250 | Enbridge | |
| Xingang Port oil spill | China, Yellow Sea | 16 July 2010 – 21 July 2010 | 1,500 | 90,000 | | [155] [156] |
| 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 | United States, Anchorage, Alaska | 25 May 2010 | 400 | 1,200 | | |
| MT Bunga Kelana 3 | Singapore, Singapore Strait | 25 May 2010 | 2,000 | 2,500 | | |
| ExxonMobil | Nigeria, Niger Delta | 1 May 2010 | 3,246 | 95,500 | ExxonMobil | |
| Deepwater Horizon | United States, Gulf of Mexico | 20 April 2010 – 15 July 2010 | 492,000 | 627,000 | BP | |
| Great Barrier Reef / MV Shen Neng 1 | Australia, Great Keppel Island | 3 April 2010 | 3 | 4 | Shenzhen Energy | |
| Lambro and Po rivers | Italy, Lombardy, Monza | 23 February 2010 | 15 | 15 | | |
| Port Arthur oil spill | United States, Port Arthur, Texas | 23 January 2010 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ExxonMobil | |
| Yellow River oil spill | China, Chishui River (Shaanxi) | 5 January 2010 | 130 | 130 | China National Petroleum Corporation | |
| Montara oil spill | Australia, Timor Sea | 21 August 2009 | 4,000 | 30,000 | PTT Exploration and Production | |
| Full City | Norway, Rognsfjorden near Såstein south of Langesund | 31 July 2009 | 200 | 200 | COSCO | |
| Lüderitz oil spill | Namibia, Southern coast | 8 April 2009 | unknown | unknown | unknown | |
| Pacific Adventurer | Australia, Queensland | 10 March 2009 | 230 | 260 | Swire Shipping | |
| West Cork oil spill | Ireland, Southern coast | February 2009 | 300 | 300 | | |
| Shell Bodo pipeline oil spill | Nigeria | 1 August 2008 | 1,000 | 1,000 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| 2008 New Orleans oil spill | United States, Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana 100 miles downstream to Head of Passes | 28 July 2008 | 8,800 | 8,800 | American Commercial Barge Line LLC | |
| Syros / Seabird collision | Uruguay, near the Rio de la Plata, Montevideo | 4 June 2008 | 140 | 140 | | |
| Supe | Peru, off Zorritos | 31 January 2008 | 35 | 35 | | |
| Statfjord oil spill | Norway, Norwegian Sea | 12 December 2007 | 4,000 | 4,000 | Statoil Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Centrica | |
| 2007 South Korea oil spill | South Korea, Yellow Sea | 7 December 2007 | 10,800 | 10,800 | | |
| 2007 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 | | |
| Genmar Progress Spill | Puerto Rico, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico | 30 August 2007 | 151 | 151 | General Maritime Corporation (GMC) Progress LLC | |
| Burnaby spill | Canada, Burnaby, British Columbia | 24 July 2007 | 201 | 201 | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners | |
| Bayou Perot oil spill | United States, Bayou Perot near Lafitte, Louisiana | 20 January 2007 | 338 | 1,128 | ExPert Oil & Gas LLC | |
| Guimaras oil spill | Philippines, Guimaras Strait | 11 August 2006 | 172 | 1,540 | | |
| Jiyeh power station oil spill | Lebanon | 14 July 2006 – 15 July 2006 | 20,000 | 30,000 | | |
| Citgo refinery | 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 | | |
| Eider | Chile, Antofagasta | 31 October 2005 | 200 | 200 | | |
| Bass Enterprises Oil Spill (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 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| 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 | | [203] [204] |
| 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 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| 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 | 831 | 860 | | |
| Taylor oil spill | United States, Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana | 16 September 2004 – present | 970 | 490,000 | Taylor Energy | |
| MP-69 Nakika 18" & MP-151 Nakika 18" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan) | United States, Louisiana | 16 September 2004 – 6 October 2004 | 618 | 618 | | |
| MP-80 Delta 20" pipeline (Hurricane Ivan) | United States, Louisiana | 16 September 2004 – 19 September 2004 | 963 | 963 | | |
| Chevron-Texaco tank collapse (Hurricane Ivan) | United States, Louisiana | 16 September 2004 – 17 September 2004 | 423 | 423 | | |
| Berge Nice | Chile, 5 miles east of Punta Delgada, Strait of Magellan | 14 May 2004 | 160 | 160 | | |
| Tasman Spirit | Pakistan, Karachi | 28 July 2003 | 28,000 | 30,000 | Polembros Shipping | |
| MV APL Emerald | Singapore, off Pedra Branca, Singapore Strait | 12 June 2003 | 150 | 150 | | |
| Bouchard No. 120 | United States, Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Massachusetts | 27 April 2003 | 320 | 320 | | |
| Prestige | Spain, Galicia | 13 November 2002 | 63,000 | 63,000 | Mare Shipping Inc. | |
| 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 | Peixoto de Castro, Repsol YPF | |
| Trans-Alaska Pipeline gunshot spill | United States, Alaska | 4 October 2001 | 932 | 932 | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | |
| Shell Ogbodo | Nigeria | 25 June 2001 | 9,500 | 9,500 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| Jose Fuchs | Chile, Moraleda Channel | 25 May 2001 | 150 | 150 | | |
| 2001 Shell Ogoniland oil spill | Nigeria | May 2001 | unknown | unknown | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| 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 | 20 January 2001 | 568 | 568 | | [230] [231] |
| Natuna Sea | Singapore, off Batu Berhanti Beacon, Singapore Strait | 3 October 2000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | | |
| 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 | Total S.A. | |
| Chanda | Port Stanvac, South Australia | 28 June 1999 | 220 | 230 | Essar Shipping | |
| 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 Japanne | December 1997 | 6,240 | 6,240 | | |
| 1997 Singapore oil spill / Evoikos and Orapin Global | Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait | 15 October 1997 | 25,000 | 29,000 | | |
| MV Diamond Grace | Japan, Uraga Channel, off Tokyo Bay | 27 July 1997 | 1,550 | 1,677 | | |
| San Jorge oil spill | Uruguay, near Punta del Este, Maldonado | 8 February 1997 | 200 | 200 | Oil Sud Corporation | |
| Julie N. | United States, Portland, Maine | 27 September 1996 | 586 | 586 | | |
| Song San | Singapore, off Jurong Island, Singapore Strait | August 1996 | unknown | unknown | | |
| Sea Empress | United Kingdom, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire | 15 February 1996 | 40,000 | 72,000 | Seatankers Management | |
| North Cape | United States, Rhode Island | 19 January 1996 | 2,500 | 2,500 | | |
| MV Iron Baron (1985) | Hebe Reef, Tasmania | 10 July 1995 – 30 July 1995 | 300 | 325 | BHP Shipping | |
| Irene | Namibia, near Walvis Bay | 1995 | 700 | 700 | | |
| Komi oil pipeline | Russia, Usinsk, Komi Republic | June 1994 - October 1994 | 100,000 | 251,763 | Lukoil | |
| Apollo Sea | South Africa, Cape Town | June 1994 | 2,400 | 2,400 | | |
| Seki | United Arab Emirates | 31 March 1994 | 15,900 | 15,900 | World-Wide Shipping Agency | |
| Morris J. Berman | Puerto Rico | 7 January 1994 | 2,600 | 2,600 | New England Marine Services | |
| MV Braer | United Kingdom, Shetland | 5 January 1993 | 85,000 | 85,000 | | |
| Aegean Sea | Spain, A Coruña | 3 December 1992 | 74,000 | 74,000 | Coulouthros Ltd | |
| Port Bonython oil spill, Era | Australia, Spencer Gulf, South Australia | 30 August 1992 | 296 | 296 | BP | |
| 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 | BP | |
| ABT Summer | Angola, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) offshore | 28 May 1991 | 260,000 | 260,000 | National Iranian Tanker Company | |
| MT Haven | Italy, Mediterranean Sea near Genoa | 11 April 1991 | 144,000 | 144,000 | Amoco | |
| MB Vesta Bella | , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Nevis, 12 miles northeast of island | 6 March 1991 | 1,762 | 1,814 | Offshore Marine Ltd | |
| Sanko Harvest | Australia, Western Australia, near Hood Island, 33 km from Esperance | 14 February 1991 | 717 | 717 | Sanko Steamship Co | |
| Gulf War oil spill | Iraq, Persian Gulf | 23 January 1991 | 270,000 | 820,000 | | [259] [260] |
| Star Enterprise Terminal Leak | United States, Fairfax, Virginia | September 1990 | 324 | 974 | Star Enterprise | $^{:9}$ |
| Apex barges oil spill | United States, Texas, Houston Ship Channel near Galveston | 28 July 1990 | 2,200 | 2,200 | Apex Towing Company | |
| Mega Borg oil spill | 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 | | [205] [265] |
| Arthur Kill pipeline | United States, Sewaren, New Jersey | 1 January 1990 | 1,840 | 1,840 | | [266] [267] |
| Khark 5 | Spain, 350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) off Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 19 December 1989 | 70,000 | 80,000 | | |
| Pacificos | South Africa, East London | 4 October 1989 | 10,000 | 10,000 | | |
| Presidente Rivera | United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 24 June 1989 | 993 | 993 | | |
| World Prodigy | United States, Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island | 23 June 1989 | 974 | 3,246 | | |
| Exxon Valdez | United States, Prince William Sound, Alaska | 24 March 1989 | 37,000 | 104,000 | Exxon Shipping Company | |
| Bahía Paraíso | Antarctica, Bismarck Strait | 28 January 1989 | 1,200 | 1,200 | Argentine Navy | |
| Odyssey | Canada, 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) off Nova Scotia | 10 November 1988 | 132,000 | 132,000 | | |
| Piper Alpha disaster | United Kingdom, 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland | 6 July 1988 | 670 | 670 | Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Limited (OPCAL) | |
| Ashland oil spill | United States, Floreffe, Pennsylvania | 2 January 1988 | 10,000 | 10,000 | Ashland Oil Company | |
| MT Vector | Philippines, Tablas Strait, Oriental Mindoro | 20 December 1987 | 370 | 370 | Vector Shipping Inc. (Francisco Soriano), Manila | |
| Cabo Pilar | Chile, Punta Davis, Strait of Magellan | 8 October 1987 | 4,900 | 7,500 | | |
| Elhani | Singapore, off Pulau Satumu, Singapore Strait | July 1987 | 2,300 | | | |
| Stolt Advance | Singapore, off Saint John's Island, Singapore Strait | July 1987 | unknown | unknown | | |
| MV Fern Passet grounding | United States, St Johns River mouth, Florida | February 1987 | 346 | 346 | | |
| Amazon Venture oil spill | United States, Port of Savannah, Georgia | 4 December 1986 | 1,623.38 | 1,623.38 | Calluna Maritime Corporation | |
| 1986 Bahía Las Minas oil spill | Panama, Isla Payardi, Bahía Las Minas | 27 April 1986 | 6,821 | unknown | Refineria Panamá, subsidiary of Texaco, Inc. | |
| Tanker Barge Apex Houston | United States, California Coast from Marin County to Big Sur, San Francisco, California | 28 January 1986 | 98 | 98 | Apex Towing Company | |
| 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 | | |
| Coral Sea / Napo collision | Cuba | 11 April 1985 | | | | |
| Puerto Rican | United States, Golden Gate, San Francisco, California | 31 October 1984 | 3,411 | 4,775 | | |
| Alvenus | United States, Calcasieu Channel, Louisiana | 30 July 1984 | 9,160 | 9,160 | | |
| 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 | | |
| Globe Asimi [lt] | Soviet Union, Lithuanian SSR, Klaipėda | 21 November 1981 | 17,000 | 17,000 | Cantabria Shipping Ltd | |
| Druzhba pipeline | Czechoslovakia, Bartoušov | 3 November 1980 | 6,000 | 6,000 | | |
| Production Well D-103 | Libya, Tripoli | 1 August 1980 | 140,000 | 140,000 | | |
| Tanio oil spill | 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 | | |
| Aphrodite | Port Stanvac, South Australia | 20 July 1979 | unknown | unknown | | |
| 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 | Pemex | |
| Betelgeuse | Ireland, Bantry Bay | 8 January 1979 | 64,000 | 64,000 | | |
| Peck Slip Spill | Puerto Rico, Cabo San Juan, Puerto Rico | 19 December 1978 | 1,550 | 1,550 | Sun Oil Company | |
| Cabo Tamar | Chile, San Vincente Bay | 7 June 1978 | 12,500 | 12,500 | | |
| Amoco Cadiz | France, Brittany | 16 March 1978 | 223,000 | 227,000 | Amoco | |
| Trans-Alaska Pipeline sabotage by explosives | United States, Alaska | 15 February 1978 | 2,162 | 2,162 | | |
| Brazilian Marina | Brazil, Sao Sebastiao Channel, São Paulo | 9 January 1978 | 10,039 | 10,039 | | |
| Venpet-Venoil collision | South Africa, Cape St. Francis | 16 December 1977 | 26,600 | 30,500 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation | |
| Unknown ship | United States, Key Largo, Florida | 1 May 1977 | | | | |
| Ekofisk oil field | Norway, North Sea | 22 April 1977 | 27,600 | 27,600 | | |
| MV 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 | United States, Saint Lawrence River | 23 June 1976 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | |
| Urquiola | Spain, A Coruña | 12 May 1976 | 100,000 | 100,000 | | |
| St. Peter | Colombia, Cabo Manglares | 5 February 1976 – November 1976 | 38,056 | 38,056 | | |
| Niger Delta | Nigeria, Niger Delta | 1976 – 1996 | 258,000 | 328,000 | Royal Dutch Shell | |
| Olympic Bravery | France, Ushant | 24 January 1976 | 900 | 900 | Onassis | |
| Liberian tanker Garbis | United States, Florida Keys | 18 July 1975 | 135 | 21,000 | | $^{:64}$ |
| Epic Colocotronis Spill | Puerto Rico, Rincon, Puerto Rico | 13 May 1975 | 61,000 | 61,000 | Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain | |
| Tarik Ibn Ziyad | Brazil, Sao Sebastiao terminal, Santos | 26 March 1975 | 10,000 | 20,000 | | |
| Corinthos | United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 31 January 1975 | 36,000 | 36,000 | | |
| Jakob Maersk | Portugal, Oporto | 29 January 1975 | 88,000 | 88,000 | | |
| Afran Zodiac | Ireland, Bantry Bay | 10 January 1975 | 451 | 451 | | |
| Showa Maru | Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait | 7 January 1975 | 3,300 | 4,500 | | |
| Mizushima Refinery | Japan, Kurashiki, Seto Inland Sea | 18 December 1974 | 42,000 | 45,356 | Mitsubishi Petroleum (present day ENEOS) | |
| VLCC Metula | Chile, Strait of Magellan | 9 August 1974 | 50,000 | 51,000 | | |
| Oriental Pioneer | South Africa, Struisbaai | 22 July 1974 | 200 | 200 | | |
| Jawachta | Sweden, Smygehuk | 20 December 1973 | 3,000 | 16,000 | | |
| Trinimar Marine Well 327 | Venezuela, Gulf of Paria | 8 August 1973 | 1,091 | 1,091 | | |
| Napier | Chile, Guamblin Island | June 1973 | 30,000 | 30,000 | | |
| S.S. Zoe Colocotronis Spill | Puerto Rico, Lajas, Puerto Rico | 18 March 1973 | 5,170 | 5,170 | Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain | |
| Irish Stardust | Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia | January 1973 | 450 | 450 | | |
| Sea Star | Iran, Gulf of Oman | 19 December 1972 | 115,000 | 115,000 | Samyang Navigation | |
| Oswego-Guardian – Texanita collision | South Africa, Stilbaai | 21 August 1972 | 10,000 | 10,000 | | |
| Myrtea | Singapore, off Pulau Bukom, Singapore Strait | June 1972 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | |
| Texaco Denmark | Belgium, North Sea | 7 December 1971 | 107,000 | 107,000 | | |
| MV Juliana | Japan, Niigata Port | 30 November 1971 | 7,200 | 7,784 | | |
| Navy tanker Towle | United States, New York City, New York, Gravesend Bay | 14 July 1971 | 123 | 123 | | |
| Texaco Oklahoma | United States | 27 March 1971 | 25,700 | 31,500 | | |
| Trinity Navigator | United Kingdom, Devon | 2 March 1971 | unknown | unknown | | |
| 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 | | |
| Platform Charlie | United States, Louisiana | 10 February 1970 | unknown | unknown | | |
| SS Arrow | Canada, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia | 4 February 1970 | 10,330 | 10,330 | | |
| Hamilton Trader | United Kingdom, Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea | 30 April 1969 | 546 | 546 | | |
| Santa Barbara | United States, Santa Barbara, California | 28 January 1969 | 6,000 | 14,000 | | |
| Witwater | Panama, Canal Zone, Galeta Island | 13 December 1968 | 1,910 | 1,910 | | |
| World Glory | South Africa, 65 miles ENE of Durban | 13 June 1968 | 44,058 | 46,000 | World Tankers Co. Inc. | |
| Genevieve | United States, Corpus Christi, Texas | 25 April 1968 | unknown | unknown | Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd. | |
| Andron | Namibia, between Luderitz and Walvis Bay | 8 May 1968 | | | | |
| Esso Essen | South Africa | April 1968 | 4,092 | 4,092 | | |
| General Colocotronis | Bahamas, Eleuthera | 7 March 1968 | 5,047 | 5,047 | | |
| Ocean Eagle | Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 March 1968 | 12,000 | 12,500 | Transocean Tankers Inc. | |
| R.C. Stoner | United States, Pacific Ocean, Wake Island | 1967 | 20,000 | 20,000 | | |
| Torrey Canyon | United Kingdom, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 18 March 1967 | 80,000 | 119,000 | | |
| Mississippi River oil spill (1962–1963) | United States, Savage and Mankato, Minnesota | 8 December 1962 – 23 January 1963 | 11,000 | 15,000 | | |
| African Queen | United States, Ocean City, Maryland | 30 December 1958 | 21,000 | 21,000 | | |
| Avila Beach pipeline | United States, Avila Beach, California | 1950s – 1996 | 1,300 | 1,300 | | |
| Guadalupe Oil Field | United States, Guadalupe, California | 1950s – 1994 | 29,000 | 29,000 | | |
| Sliedrecht | South Africa, Cape Town, Table Bay | November 1953 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | |
| SS Jacob Luckenbach | United States, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, San Francisco, California | 14 July 1953 – present | 1,484 | 1,484 | | |
| Esso Wheeling | South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town | 4 November 1948 | | | | |
| Berth 157 | United States, Wilmington | 2 June 1948 | | | | |
| SS Douglas Victory | United States, Wilmington, California | 27 March 1948 | | | | |
| SS River Raisin | United States | 1948 | | | | |
| Lincoln | South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town | 1946 | | | | |
| Greenpoint, Brooklyn | United States, Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York | 1940s – 1950s | 55,200 | 97,400 | | |
| Seria Field 14 wells | Brunei | 12 June 1945 – September 1945 | unknown | unknown | | |
| Scuttled tanker El Grillo | Iceland, Seyðisfjörður | February 1944 – present | unknown | unknown | | |
| 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 | | |
| SS Petriana | Australia, Port Phillip, Victoria | 30 November 1903 | 1,300 | 1,300 | Asiatic Petroleum Company | |
| Copley No. 1 Well | United States, Glenville, West Virginia | 22 September 1900 | 1,610 | 1,610 | South Penn Oil Company | |

## Investigation underway

| Spill or vessel | Location | Dates | Estimated flow rate (tonnes/day) | Full cargo (tonnes) | Spilled (min tonnes) | Spilled (max tonnes) | Notes |
| 2024 Kerch Strait oil spill | Russia, Kerch Strait | 15 December 2024 – present | Unknown | 9,000 | 3,700 | Unknown | Two fuel oil tankers foundered during a storm. |
| 2024 Bayou Lafourche oil spill | United States, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana | 27 July 2024 | n/a | n/a | 112 | unknown | |
| Northeast Brazil oil spill | Brazil | September 2019 – present | n/a | n/a | 1,000 | unknown | Worst oil spill in Brazilian history and the largest environmental disaster ever recorded on the Brazilian coast or any tropical coastal region worldwide. |
| Lizama River oil spill | Colombia, Barrancabermeja | 2 March 2018 - | n/a | n/a | 3,690 | unknown | Lizama 158 oil well spilled into Lizama River, contaminating Sogamoso River, a tributary to Colombia's largest river, the Magdalena. |
| OT Southern Star 7 | Bangladesh, Sundarbans, Khulna Division | 9 December 2014 | n/a | 350 | 300 | 300 | Leak caused by collision of the oil tanker with a cargo vessel. |
| Napocor Power Barge 103 | Philippines, Estancia, Iloilo | 8 November 2013 | n/a | 1200 | 170 | 520 | Leaks caused by Typhoon Haiyan. |
| Taylor Energy wells Platform 23051 | United States, Gulf of Mexico | 16 September 2004 to present (20 years) | 0.03–0.05 | n/a | unknown | unknown | Leaks resulting from Hurricane Ivan have been largely contained, but not entirely. Ocean Saratoga is periodically onsite servicing and attempting to seal the leaks. |
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).

## Oil spills in the United States

This graphic is limited to oil spills that occurred between 1969 and 2015 (graphic has not been updated for newer spills) and that affected US waters (land-based spills are not depicted). Unlike the units of tonnes used on the rest of this page, the graphic's numbers are presented in millions of US gallons (abbreviated as "MG" in the graphic), where 1 MG is roughly equal to 3,250 tonnes of crude oil.