Oil spills - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oil is an ancient fossil fuel that we use to heat our homes, generate electricity, and power large sectors of our economy But when oil accidentally spills into the ocean, it can cause big problems Oil spills can harm sea creatures, ruin a day at the beach, and make seafood unsafe to eat
Oil spill | Definition, Causes, Effects, List, Facts . . . Oil spill, leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water Oceanic oil spills became a major environmental problem in the 1960s, chiefly as a result of intensified petroleum exploration and production on continental shelves and the use of supertankers for transporting oil
KUOW - Jet fuel spill shuts down Northwests main oil pipeline Spill-response crews planned to start digging up a blueberry farm near Everett on Tuesday to find the cause of a jet-fuel spill that shut down the Pacific Northwest’s primary oil pipeline
Oil spill - Wikipedia Oil spills can result from the release of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms, drilling rigs, and wells They may also involve spills of refined petroleum products, such as gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as their by-products
Spill incidents - Province of British Columbia Incident overviews provide information on significant spills of oil or hazardous material in British Columbia These overviews are summaries about the incident location, scale, cause, response actions and environmental impacts All prior incidents can be found on the past spill incidents page