Table 12.1
The largest oil spill events
Oil spill
Responsible
company
Quality of
oil and area Affected industries
Affected wild life
Treatment
Cost of
cleanup
Remarks
The Exxon Valdez
Disaster (1989)
Prince William
Sound, Alaska
Exxon mobil
corporation
41 million
liters over
28,000 km
2
Recreational
fishing-loss of $31
million
Sea otters,
Harbor seals,
Bard eagles,
Seabirds,
Harlequin,
Ducks
Salmon
fish
Physical recovery
methods, (booms
and skimmers)
US $3 billion
dollars
About 253,000 species loss due to ecosystem damage and
depleted
fish stock
Commercial
fishing-loss of
$3
 10
2
million
Dispersants
(Corexit 7664
Corexit EC 9580,
BP1100X)
Duck
Harlequin Harbor
seal
Pacific herring and
pigeon guillemot still
have not recovered
Tourism-35%
spending decreased
Bioremediation
(fertilizers: Inipol
EAP 22 and
Customblen)
The prestige oil
spill (2002) coast of
Galicia of NorthWestern Spain
Universe
maritime ltd.
63,700
tonnes over
2500 km
2
Commercial
fisheries and aquacultureloss of
€64.9
million
Seabirds, shark,
marine mollusk, mussels, octopus, sardine,
sole goose barnacle
Physical recovery
methods (booms
and skimmers)
US $12
billion
dollars
Caused pollution in
the area for ten years
subsequent to the
initial spill
Tourism-loss of
€
133.8 million
Bioremediation
(fertilizer S200)
Caused environmental losses around
€574 million
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The largest oil spill events
Oil spill
Responsible
company
Quality of
oil and area Affected industries
Affected wild life
Treatment
Cost of
cleanup
Remarks
The Exxon Valdez
Disaster (1989)
Prince William
Sound, Alaska
Exxon mobil
corporation
41 million
liters over
28,000 km
2
Recreational
fishing-loss of $31
million
Sea otters,
Harbor seals,
Bard eagles,
Seabirds,
Harlequin,
Ducks
Salmon
fish
Physical recovery
methods, (booms
and skimmers)
US $3 billion
dollars
About 253,000 species loss due to ecosystem damage and
depleted
fish stock
Commercial
fishing-loss of
$3
 10
2
million
Dispersants
(Corexit 7664
Corexit EC 9580,
BP1100X)
Duck
Harlequin Harbor
seal
Pacific herring and
pigeon guillemot still
have not recovered
Tourism-35%
spending decreased
Bioremediation
(fertilizers: Inipol
EAP 22 and
Customblen)
The prestige oil
spill (2002) coast of
Galicia of NorthWestern Spain
Universe
maritime ltd.
63,700
tonnes over
2500 km
2
Commercial
fisheries and aquacultureloss of
€64.9
million
Seabirds, shark,
marine mollusk, mussels, octopus, sardine,
sole goose barnacle
Physical recovery
methods (booms
and skimmers)
US $12
billion
dollars
Caused pollution in
the area for ten years
subsequent to the
initial spill
Tourism-loss of
€
133.8 million
Bioremediation
(fertilizer S200)
Caused environmental losses around
€574 million
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