Exxon Valdez oil spill
id:
exxon-valdez-oil-spill-168-9805639
title:
Exxon Valdez oil spill
text:
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m. The tanker spilled more than 10 million US gallons (240,000 bbl) of crude oil over the next few days.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
1989 industrial disaster in Alaska
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill
date created:
2001-12-10T01:39:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T22:47:24Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1196587","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1196587"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Exxon_Valdez_Cleanup.jpg","width":2820,"height":1870}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16