Ten Largest Oil Spills in the U.S.

The following table lists the largest oil spills in U.S. history. The date of the spill, circumstances surrounding the spill, and amount of oil spilled are also given.

Rank	Date	Cause	Source	Location	Spill Volume
1.	April 20, 2010	explosion	drilling rig Deepwater Horizon	Gulf of Mexico, 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana	an estimated 200,000 gallons a day
2.	March 24, 1989	reef collision	tanker Exxon Valdez	Prince William Sound, Alaska	10+ million gallons
3.	Dec. 15, 1976	ran aground	tanker Argo Merchant	Nantucket Island	7.7 million gallons
4.	Aug.–Sept. 2005	Hurricane Katrina	various sources	New Orleans, La.	7 million gallons
5.	June 8, 1990	explosion	tanker Mega Borg	60 miles off Galveston, Texas	5.1 million gallons
6.	Nov. 28, 2000	ran aground	tanker Westchester	Port Sulphur, La.	567,000 gallons
7.	Jan. 23, 2010	collision	tanker Eagle Otome	Port Arthur, Texas	462,000 gallons
8.	July 25, 2008	collision	unnamed barge	New Orleans, La.	419,000 gallons
9.	Dec. 7, 2004	ran aground	M/V Selendang Ayu	Aleutian Islands, Alaska	337,000 gallons
10.	Aug. 10, 1993	collision	barge Bouchard B155	Tampa Bay, Fla.	336,000 gallons

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