2. The oil spill in Alaska Harbor occurred at midnight on March 24th, 1989. The Exxon Valdez, bound for Long Beach, California, ran aground in prince william sound, Alaska, causing1/kloc-0 million gallons of crude oil to leak. This incident was considered as the most serious environmental pollution incident at that time.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, also known as the BP oil spill, occurred along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 20 10. The reason was that an offshore oil drilling platform owned by BP broke down and exploded. This led to an oil spill. The explosion also killed 1 1 workers and injured 17 people. It is estimated that 65,438+02,000 to 65,438+000,000 barrels of crude oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico every day.