Historical Oil Spill Fact Sheets

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Historical Oil Spill Fact Sheets

Click on the links below (PDF) to view fact sheets providing data on the impact of significant oil spills of the past.

Santa Barbara Oil Spill — January 28, 1969

Ixtoc I Oil Spill — June 3, 1979

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill — March 24, 1989

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