Nowruz Oil Field, 1983
Location: Persian Gulf
Gallons: 80 million
How It Happened:
Smack in the middle of the Iran-Iraq War, an oil tanker crashed into the Nowruz Field Platform in the Persian Gulf and knocked it askew, damaging the well underneath. The oil well then leaked about 1500 barrels a day, but because it was in the center of a war zone, seven months went by before it was fixed.
The Cleanup:
Norpol, a Norwegian company, used booms and skimmers to stem the spread of oil.
Gallons: 80 million
How It Happened:
Smack in the middle of the Iran-Iraq War, an oil tanker crashed into the Nowruz Field Platform in the Persian Gulf and knocked it askew, damaging the well underneath. The oil well then leaked about 1500 barrels a day, but because it was in the center of a war zone, seven months went by before it was fixed.
The Cleanup:
Norpol, a Norwegian company, used booms and skimmers to stem the spread of oil.
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