Oil Spill in San Francisco

In San Francisco, a container ship from South Korea crashed into the Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of bunker oil. Bunker oil is oil that is carried for fuel, not cargo. The oil spread 20 miles out of the city due to the high winds. The oil killed at least six shorebirds. Bunker oil is one of the crudest petroleum products.

There have been many oil spills in the world. One of the largest oil spills since 1967 was in Mexico between 1979 and 1980. A well blowout occurred on Ixtoc I, spilling between 139 and 428 million gallons of oil.