Biggest oil spill tragedy in the world

Oil spill caused by the Gulf war
Location: Persian Gulf
Since January 21, 1991
A total 1,360,000-1,500,000 tons of crude oil

Flood of oil wells, Ixtoc I
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Duration: 3 Juni 1979-23 March 1980
A total of 454,000-480,000 tons of crude oil

Oil Spills Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain
Location: Trinidad and Tobago
Since July 19, 1979
A total of 287,000 tons of crude oil

Oil overflow Fergana Valley
Location: Uzbekistan
On March 2, 1992
A total of 285,000 tons of crude oil

Nowruz Oil Field leak
locations: Persian Gulf
In February 1983
A total of 260,000 tons of crude oil

ABT Summer Oil Spill
Location: approximately 1300 km from Angola
In 1991
A total of 260,000 tons of crude oil

Castillo De Beliver oil spill
Location: Saldanha Bay in South Africa
On August 6, 1983
A total of 252,000 tons of crude oil

Amoco Cadiz Oil Spills
Location: Brittany, France
On March 16, 1978
A total of 223,000 tons of crude oil

Amoco Haven Tanker Tragedy
Location: Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy
In 1991
A total of 144,000 tons of crude oil

Odyssey Oil Spill
Location: approximately 1300 km from Nova Scotia, Canada
In 1988
A total of 132,000 tons of crude oil

Star Sea oil spill
Location: Gulf of Oman
On December 19, 1972
A total of 115,000 tonnes of crude oil

Torrey Canyon oil spill
Location: Scilly Isles, England
On March 18, 1967
As many as 80,000 to 119,000 tons of crude oil

Irenes Serenade oil spill
Location: Bay of Navarino, Greece
in 1980
A total of 100,000 tons of crude oil

Urquiola oil spill
location: A Coruna, Spain
On May 12, 1976
A total of 100,000 tons of crude oil

Tragedy Deepwater Horizon
Location: Gulf of Mexico
On April 20, 2010
An estimated 5,000 barrels of spilled crude oil per day