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On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout and is recognized as the second largest oil spill and the largest accidental spill in history. So was the largest s
by noelchurchill 16y ago
On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout and is recognized as the second largest oil spill and the largest accidental spill in history.
So was the largest spill on purpose if it wasn't accidental?
- jsyedidia 16y agoYes. Saddam Hussein unleashed the world's largest ever oil spill during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991.
- InclinedPlane 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill#Largest_oil_spills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill#Largest_oil_spills Note that that spill was about 3x larger than even the Ixtoc I spill. The scale is nearly incomprehensible.
- jacquesm 16y agoIt would have been a lot worse if not for some very creative thinking.
- allenp 16y agoSounds interesting, got a link?
- boredguy8 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill "American airstrikes on January 26 destroyed pipelines to prevent further spillage into the Persian Gulf" In response to the "Citation needed", a little Lexis searching returned a March 22 article from the Washington Times that lists the airstrike as January 27: "Jan. 27: U.S. aircraft fire at oil facilities in Kuwait to end the pumping of crude into the Persian Gulf."
- jacquesm 16y agohttp://www.caranddriver.com/features/01q2/stilling_the_fires_of_war-feature/big_wind_page_4 http://www.caranddriver.com/features/01q2/stilling_the_fires...
- far33d 16y agoWow. I had no idea Saddam Hussein was responsible for 2 of the top 5 worst oil spills.