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Top 10 Biggest Oil Spills in History
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Here are the ten worst oil spills in the history of the world:
| 1. | Gulf War, 1991 - Location: Kuwait - Gallons: 240 to 336 million |
| 2. | Ixtoc 1 Oil Well, 1979 - Location: Bay of Campeche, Mexico - Gallons: 140 million |
| 3. | Atlantic Empress, 1979 - Location: Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies - Gallons: 88.3 million |
| 4. | Fergana Valley, 1992 - Location: Uzbekistan - Gallons: 87.7 million |
| 5. | Nowruz Oil Field, 1983 - Location: Persian Gulf - Gallons: 80 million |
| 6. | ABT Summer, 1991 - Location: Off the coast of Angola - Gallons: 80 million |
| 7. | Castillo de Bellver, 1983 - Location: Off Saldanha Bay, South Africa - Gallons: 78.5 million |
| 8. | Amoco Cadiz, 1978 - Location: Off Brittany, France - Gallons: 68.7 million |
| 9. | Odyssey Oil Spill, 1988 - Location: 700 nautical miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada - Gallons: 43 million |
| 10. | M/T Haven Tanker, 1991 - Location: Genoa, Italy - Gallons: 42 million |
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