Oil spill incidents

This section of the website provides an overview of oil spills that have occurred in European and international waters since 1993, focussing on those incidents where wildlife was affected. Click here for more general information.

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Incident name Datesort icon Country
Deepwater horizon 20 Apr 2010 United States
Germany mystery spill 3 Feb 2010 Germany
Volganeft 139 11 Nov 2007 Russia
Duncan Island 6 Nov 2007 Germany
MSC Napoli 20 Jan 2007 United Kingdom
Server 12 Jan 2007 Norway
Estonia mystery spill 26 Jan 2006 Estonia
Rocknes 19 Jan 2004 Norway
Fu Shan Hai 31 May 2003 Denmark
Tricolor 14 Dec 2002 Belgium
Prestige 13 Nov 2002 Spain
Baltic Carrier 29 Mar 2001 Denmark
Erika 11 Dec 1999 France
Pallas 25 Oct 1998 Germany
Sea Empress 15 Feb 1996 United Kingdom
Braer 5 Jan 1993 United Kingdom
Exxon Valdez 24 Mar 1989 United States