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$1,011,797,340
$198,840,000
Gulf War (1991)
Kharyaga-Usinsk pipeline (1994)
$102,004,920
$555,757,800
$90,372,780
Odyssey (1988)
Deepwater Horizon (2010)
$207,787,800
Torrey Canyon (1967)
$100,215,360
Mingbulak well (1992)
Haven (1991)
$162,551,700
$331,366,860
$86,594,820
Irenes Serenade (1980)
Amoco Cadiz (1978)
Ixtoc I well (1979)
$199,237,680
Atlantic Empress/Aegean Captain (1979)
$89,676,840
Sea Star (1972)
$99,420,000
D-103 Concession Well (1980)
$189,395,100
Nowruz No. 3 well (1983)
$185,915,400
Castillo de Bellver (1983)
The world’s 15 largest oil spills
One-time spills 1967–2010, by barrel volume converted to dollar value
(Based on crude oil price of $99.42 on February 28, 2011. Not adjusted for inflation. Source: Bloomberg/NYMEX)
Information Visualization / Oil spill data (week 2) / Christopher Cannon / February 28, 2011
The world’s 10 largest oil spills
Barrel quantities converted to distance
(Based on a typical oil barrel height of 3 feet)
Kharyaga-Usinsk pipeline
Tallinn, Estonia
1,136 miles
Odyssey
2,000,000 barrels
1,026,000 barrels
Los Angeles, CA
1,894 miles
St. Johns, Newfoundland
583 miles
Mingbulak well
Amoco Cadiz
Deepwater Horizon
5,590,000 barrels
2,090,000 barrels
Tehran, Iran
1,188 miles
1,635,000 barrels
Algiers, Algeria
929 miles
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1,139 miles
Gulf War
Nowruz No. 3 well
1,905,000 barrels
10,177,000 barrels
Ixtoc I well
3,333,000 barrels
Adan, Yemen
1,082 miles
Atlantic Empress/
Aegean Captain
2,004,000 barrels
Timor, Indonesia
5,782 miles
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
1,063 miles
Cuzco, Peru
3,176 miles
GULF WAR OIL SPILL
Castillo de Bellver
1,870,000 barrels
10,177,000
Barrels
30,531,000
Total length (feet)
Information Visualization / Oil spill data / Christopher Cannon / March 14, 2011
5,782
Total length (miles)
3 feet
The world’s 15 largest oil spills
Spill areas as compared to the New York City metropolitan area
(Area comparisons based on spill volume with .05mm oil film thickness)
Barrels Of Oil
130 miles
Square Miles
Disaster
10,177,000 13,127
Gulf War
5,590,000
7,210
Deepwater Horizon
3,333,000
4,300
Ixtoc I well
2,090,000
2,004,000
2,000,000
2,696
2,585
2,580
1,905,000
1,870,000
2,457
2,412
1,635,000
2,109
1,026,000
1,008,000
1,000,000
1,323
1,300
1,290
909,000
902,000
871,000
1,172
1,163
1,123
Information Visualization / Oil spill data
Christopher Cannon / March 14, 2011
Mingbulak well
Atlantic Empress
Kharyaga-Usinsk pipeline
Nowruz No. 3 well
Castillo de Bellver
Amoco Cadiz
Odyssey
Haven
D-103 Concession
Torrey Canyon
Sea Star
Irenes Serenade
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