ABT Summer, 1991
Location: Off the coast of Angola
Gallons: 80 million
How It Happened:
While en route to Rotterdam, the fully loaded tanker ABT Summer experienced an explosion onboard and caught fire while it was 900 miles off the coast of Angola, leaking its payload into the ocean.
Surrounded by a growing oil slick that spanned 80 square miles, the tanker burned for three days before sinking.
The Cleanup:
While no one can say how much of the oil sank or burned off, most of the oil is thought to have been broken up by high seas at little environmental cost, thanks to the incident’s offshore location.
Gallons: 80 million
How It Happened:
While en route to Rotterdam, the fully loaded tanker ABT Summer experienced an explosion onboard and caught fire while it was 900 miles off the coast of Angola, leaking its payload into the ocean.
Surrounded by a growing oil slick that spanned 80 square miles, the tanker burned for three days before sinking.
The Cleanup:
While no one can say how much of the oil sank or burned off, most of the oil is thought to have been broken up by high seas at little environmental cost, thanks to the incident’s offshore location.
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