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Satellite Planning for gas leak at Elgin Platform (North Sea), March 2012Envisat satellite planning and images of the gas leak at Elgin Platform in the North Sea, March 2012. 
Gulf of Mexico, April - May 2010The plan to start choking off oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico was suddenly halted as government officials and BP said further analysis must be done Wednesday before critical tests could proceed. No explanation was given for the decision, and no date was set for when testing would begin on the new, tighter-fitting cap BP installed on the blown-out well Monday. In the meantime, oil continued spewing into the Gulf. 
South Korea, December 2007South Korea's worst ever oil spill spread along a pristine coastal region Monday as the government came under fire amid charges it acted too slowly to limit the disaster. Almost 9,000 troops, police and volunteers armed with shovels and buckets struggled to clean up the huge slick. 
Philippines, August 2006Sludge has washed up on Panay, a large island in the central Philippines, as an oil spill from a sunken tanker spread, threatening rich fishing grounds. Eleven days after the tanker chartered by Petron Corp., the largest oil refiner in the Philippines, sunk off the island of Guimaras, an average of 100-200 litres of oil continued to gush every hour. 
Gotland Island (Sweden), May 2005A 97-kilometer (60-mile) oil slick was observed off Sweden's south-eastern coast near the Baltic Sea island of Gotland. The approximately 25 tonnes of oil were however not expected to cause any major environmental damage as low winds and currents were predicted for the next two days. 
Sweden and Denmark, June 2003Residents and rescuers worked to clean up patches of oil that leaked from a sunken Chinese freighter on to southern Sweden's sandy beaches in June 2003. 
Galicia (Spain), November 2002 - April 2003Approximately 20 million gallons of oil were spilt off the northwest coast of Spain on 19 November 2002 when the oil tanker Prestige sank. It was the largest environmental disaster in both Spain and Portugal's history. 
North Sea, July 1996This ERS-2 satellite image was acquired on 18 July 1996 over an oil slick in the North Sea. 
Wales (UK), February 1996On 15 February 1996 the oil tanker Sea Empress struck a rock off St.Anne's Head near the town of Milford Haven. 80,000 tonnes of crude oil were released during the 10 days that elapsed before the emergency team could stem the flow. 
Oporto (Portugal), October 1994On 02 October 1994 the Panamanian oil tanker Cercal struck a rock while entering the harbour of Leixoes (the Oporto harbour), releasing about 1.000 tonnes of crude oil into the sea. |
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