The Gulf War oil spill, or the "Persian Gulf oil spill", was one of the largest oil spills in history, resulting from the Gulf War in 1991. In January...

of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum...

An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form...

largest oil spill in history at its time. To-date, it remains the second largest marine oil spill in history after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mexico's...

also be seen in context with the coinciding, deliberate, sea based Gulf War oil spill, the apparent strategic goal of which was to foil a potential amphibious...

Gulf oil spill may refer to: Ixtoc I oil spill – Gulf of Mexico 1979 Gulf War oil spill – Persian Gulf 1991 Deepwater Horizon oil spill – Gulf of Mexico...

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...

Hussein Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) Gulf War (1990–1991) Gulf War oil spill Kuwaiti oil fires Iraqi no-fly zones conflicts (1992–2003) Iraq War (2003–2011) Rationale...

and oil spill, off the coast of Nova Scotia, November 1988 Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 1989 Gulf War oil spill into...

Deepwater Horizon oil spill from various officials and interested parties ranged from blame and outrage at the damage caused by the spill, to calls for greater...

400 million US gallons (1,500,000 m3) of crude oil into the Persian Gulf, causing the largest offshore oil spill in history at that time. It was reported as...

The Refugio oil spill on May 19, 2015, contaminated one of the most biologically diverse areas of the West Coast of the United States with 142,800 U.S...

The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003...

spill of any oily refuse or waste oil. Major oil spills include, Lakeview Gusher, Gulf War oil spill, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Spilt oil penetrates...

The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in January and February 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara in Southern California...

Enbridge crude oil pipeline in Michigan. A report by the Cornell University Global Labor Institute noted of the 2010 Enbridge Tar Oil Spill along the Kalamazoo...

Employment of the herbicide Agent Orange, 1965, Vietnam War Gulf War oil spill, 1991, Gulf War Ecocide Environmental Modification Convention Fakron, Malik...

The Nowruz oil field located in the Persian Gulf, Iran, was the site of several 1983 oil spills. One spill was initially caused by a tanker hitting a...

Greenland ice core project Greenpeace Greenwash Grey goo Greywater Gulf War oil spill Habitat conservation Habitat destruction Habitat fragmentation Habitat...

The Ashland oil spill was an oil spill into the Monongahela River that occurred on January 2, 1988, near the town of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, approximately...

damaged after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and Gulf Oil spill. In the immediate aftermath of the spill, BP initially downplayed the severity of the incident...

1991 Gulf War, the Kuwaiti oil fires were a result of the scorched earth policy of Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait. The Gulf War oil spill, regarded...

resulted in a massive oil spill that continued for nine months before the well was finally capped. This was the largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to date...

George H. W. Bush. It works to avoid oil spills from vessels and facilities by enforcing removal of spilled oil and assigning liability for the cost of...

Following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for June 2010. June 1 United States attorney general Eric Holder said his office was going...

used to destroy the oil pipes feeding Sea Island and help stop the Gulf War oil spill in 1991. Walleye left service in the 1990s, replaced largely by laser-guided...

hydraulic fracturing, oil spills, and air pollution. Saudi Arabia contributed to the world's most severe spill, the 1991 Gulf War Oil Spill. The environmental...

beach nourishment project. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (called the "Gulf oil spill"), the entrance to Pensacola Pass was closed, with a floating...

400 million US gallons (1,500,000 m3) of crude oil into the Persian Gulf , causing the largest offshore oil spill in history at that time. It was reported as...

events, such as lightning. They can exist on a small scale, such as an oil field spill catching fire, or on a huge scale, as in geyser-like jets of flames...