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Topic: Oil spills

Photol of research vessel at the Taylor Energy oil spill site offshore of Louisiana pre-containment

Private, public effort contains 1 million gallons of oil at longest U.S. spill

July 12, 2022

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Photol of research vessel at the Taylor Energy oil spill site offshore of Louisiana pre-containment

Dolphin breathing with a caretaker by her side.

Dolphins deep breathe on camera for oil spill science

March 30, 2022

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Dolphin breathing with a caretaker by her side.

Workers hose off oil from a rocky shore in Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Photo dated April 1989.

Marking 30 years of restoring waterways after pollution

March 1, 2021

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coastal restoration

Workers hose off oil from a rocky shore in Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Photo dated April 1989.

On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Within six hours of the grounding, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons (259,500 barrels) of its 53 million gallon cargo of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. The oil would eventually impact more than 1,100 miles of non-continuous coastline in Alaska, making the Exxon Valdez the largest oil spill in U.S. waters at the time.

Look back at 30 years of oil spill response

August 7, 2020

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response and restoration

On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Within six hours of the grounding, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons (259,500 barrels) of its 53 million gallon cargo of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. The oil would eventually impact more than 1,100 miles of non-continuous coastline in Alaska, making the Exxon Valdez the largest oil spill in U.S. waters at the time.

Drone image of R/V Brooks McCall at MC20 site with rising oil and gas at the surface, September 2018, in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA NCCOS scientists aboard the vessel surveyed the site (September 1–7, 2018) to determine the source, composition, and extent of the oil and gas discharge.

Flow rates for 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico are published in new report

June 24, 2019

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Drone image of R/V Brooks McCall at MC20 site with rising oil and gas at the surface, September 2018, in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA NCCOS scientists aboard the vessel surveyed the site (September 1–7, 2018) to determine the source, composition, and extent of the oil and gas discharge.

An oiled rock along the shoreline near New Orleans.

NOAA provides scientific expertise to aid oil and chemical spill response

March 13, 2019

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An oiled rock along the shoreline near New Orleans.

Oil spill.

How does marine pollution affect you?

March 7, 2019

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Oil spill.

Adak oil spill.

10 common words with uncommon meanings in spill response

May 14, 2018

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Adak oil spill.

Damage to port side of the Cosco Busan.

Remembering the Cosco Busan oil spill

November 2, 2017

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Damage to port side of the Cosco Busan.

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Five years later, Deepwater Horizon oil spill recovery leaders united in long-term commitment to restore the Gulf

April 15, 2015

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