This chapter presents one case study, the Exxon Valdez oil spill. On 24 March 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on a large but newly formed ice shelf in Prince William Sound. The accident spilled 11 million gallons of oil into the ocean. Over the next 3 days, oil spread across 1300 ...
Today's Spotlight is on the Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Prince William Sound. The Prince William Sound is an area of water on the coast the northwest United States. Many different kinds of animals live in the sound. The ocean, and the fish that live in it, are an important part of...
VALDEZ, Alaska —The toll of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill is a sadly familiar one: 250,000 dead birds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals--all victims of the oil tanker that ran over a reef late one April night and drained 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound. The...
On March 24, 1989, approximately 11 million gallons of Prudhoe Bay crude oil were spilled into Prince William Sound, Alaska, as a result of the grounding of the Exxon Valdez tanker. The Prince William Sound area is a harsh and diverse environment with poor accessibility. According to the ...
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The new mortality estimates are based on the number of carcasses recovered from Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska, as well as the known population of animals in the once-pristine region polluted by 11 million gallons of crude oil that spewed from the supertanker Exxon Valdez when it...
Valdez every month. Currently, crude oil from Alaska's North Slope accounts for roughly 25% of total U.S. oil production. During the past 18 years approximately ten billion barrels (in excess of 400 billion gallons) of North Slope crude have been transported by TAPS to the Port of Valdez...
Synonyms ;Ocean pollution;Oil spill;Sustainability management;Sustainable development;Wildlife Definition Around midnight on May 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on the pristine Alaskan coasts. Such an environmental disaster resulted in more than 10 million gallons of oil being spilled ...
the VALDEZ, transporting crude oil from Alaska to California, struck Bligh Reef. The damage to the vessel allowed 258,000 barrels (10.8 million gallons) of crude oil to be released into Prince William Sound, in the most ecologically damaging oil spill in North America, and possibly the world...
Story Highlights NEW: Justice Ginsburg: "Exxon knew that this captain had a severe alcohol problem" Exxon fights payment awarded fishermen, businesses, Native Americans after spill Exxon Valdez supertanker dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska sound in 1989 Next Article in U.S. »Read...