DESERT STORM: DAY 9 : WORST OIL SPILLS
July 19, 1979: Collision of two ships off Trinidad and Tobago, Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain; 300,000 tons.
Aug. 6, 1983: Fire aboard Castillo de Bellver, off South Africa coast; 250,000 tons.
March 16, 1978: Tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground off coast of France; 223,000 tons.
March 18, 1967: Torrey Canyon grounded off coast of England; 119,000 tons.
Dec. 19, 1972: Sea Star involved in collision in Gulf of Oman; 115,000 tons.
May 12, 1976: Urquiola runs aground off Spain; 100,000 tons.
Feb. 25, 1977: Fire aboard Hawaiian Patriot in northern Pacific Ocean; 99,000 tons.
March 24, 1989: Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound; 35,000 to 40,000 tons.
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