Exxon Valdez oil spill

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a catastrophic 1989 environmental disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, where a supertanker ran aground and released millions of gallons of crude oil, causing massive ecological and economic damage.

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Exxon Valdez oil spill canonical 10
1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill 2

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental disaster ⓘ
maritime disaster ⓘ
oil spill ⓘ
affectedGroup Alaska Native communities ⓘ
affectedIndustry commercial fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
affectedSpecies Pacific herring ⓘ
bald eagles ⓘ
harbor seals ⓘ
killer whales ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
sea otters ⓘ
areaAffected Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
Prince William Sound shoreline ⓘ
cleanupCost billions of US dollars ⓘ
cleanupMethod chemical dispersants ⓘ
high-pressure hot-water washing of shorelines ⓘ
in-situ burning ⓘ
mechanical recovery ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasCause grounding of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ⓘ
impact collapse of some local fisheries ⓘ
economic losses to local communities ⓘ
long-term environmental contamination ⓘ
massive ecological damage ⓘ
ledTo Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
legalOutcome US Supreme Court case Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker ⓘ
civil and criminal cases against Exxon ⓘ
location Alaska ⓘ
Prince William Sound ⓘ
longTermEffect persistent oil residues in some shoreline sediments for decades ⓘ
notableFor being one of the worst oil spills in US history ⓘ
oilType North Slope crude oil ⓘ
operator Exxon Shipping Company ⓘ
linked to: Exxon
parentCompanyOfOperator Exxon Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Exxon
publicReaction widespread outrage and media attention ⓘ
punitiveDamagesInitial US$5 billion ⓘ
punitiveDamagesReduced US$507.5 million ⓘ
regulatoryChange phase-in of double-hull tanker requirements in US waters ⓘ
stricter US oil-spill prevention and response rules ⓘ
responseOrganization Exxon ⓘ
State of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska

US Coast Guard ⓘ
shorelineContaminatedLength over 1,300 miles ⓘ
shorelineHeavilyOiledLength about 200 miles ⓘ
startDate 1989-03-24 ⓘ
tanker Exxon Valdez ⓘ
timeOfDay just after midnight ⓘ
volumeSpilled approximately 10.8 million US gallons ⓘ
approximately 257,000 barrels ⓘ
approximately 41.6 million liters ⓘ
year 1989 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 101-380 → motivatedByEvent → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
Prince William Sound → historicalEvent → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
Prince William Sound → affectedBy → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
Cordova, Alaska → affectedBy → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
Chenega → eventAffectedBy → 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
linked to: Exxon Valdez oil spill
Chenega, Alaska → affectedByDisaster → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
Chenega, Alaska → disasterYear → 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
linked to: Exxon Valdez oil spill
Orca Inlet → affectedByEvent → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
National Contingency Plan → updatedAfter → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
subject linked to: NCP
Exxon Valdez → notableFor → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker → aroseFromEvent → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
Prestige oil spill → relatedEvent → Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ