A Kirby tank barge was struck by a deep draft vessel (the Summer Wind) just east of the Texas City Dike at the intersection of the Texas City Ship Channel with the Houston Ship Channel, resulting in an oil spill. Pictured here, NOAA conducts Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT) surveys.

A Kirby tank barge was struck by a deep draft vessel (the Summer Wind) just east of the Texas City Dike at the intersection of the Texas City Ship Channel with the Houston Ship Channel, resulting in an oil spill. Here, a Coast Guard response boat patrols the Kirby Barge 27706 during cleanup efforts near Texas City Dike.

On July 22, 1991, the fish processor vessel Tenyo Maru and the Chinese freighter Tuo Hai collided in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 20 miles west of Cape Flattery, Washington, and 20 miles south of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ten to fifteen minutes after the collision, the Tenyo Maru sank in an estimated 350 feet of water. The Tenyo Maru began leaking oil shortly after it sank.

M/V Presidente Rivera of Uruguay ran aground in the Delaware River near Claymont, Delaware, south of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. The grounding damaged four of the vessel's cargo tanks, resulting in the release of approximately 7310 barrels of No. 6 oil into the river.

Double bottom Tank Vessel Margara ran aground outside Guayanilla Port, Puerto Rico, damaging the sea floor.

The M/V CSL Niagara grounded approaching Sandusky Bay, Ohio, after severe weather including a seiche in Lake Erie, threatening to release oil. The vessel was able to proceed with its cargo of coal.

Oil spill that occurred when a barge grounded near the entrance to Buzzard Bay in southern Massachusetts.

On August 10, 1993, three vessels collided near the entrance of Tampa Bay, Florida, resulting in a fire and a major oil spill. The oil fouled 13 miles of beaches and impacted many resources including sea turtles, mangroves and outdoor recreation.

On April 19, 2017, it was discovered that the tug Powhatan, owned by Samson Tug & Barge, had sunk at the dock. The tug was in the process of being stripped. A sheen of oil appeared on the water. 

Over 100,000 gallons of crude oil was estimated to have released from a barge within the Jamie Whitten Lock on the Tennessee Tombigee Waterway near New Site, Mississippi on September 8.

On December 9, 2018, the USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator regarding an equipment failure on a wellhead casing in Lake Washington/Rattlesnake Bayou.

On February 2, 2019, the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound contacted NOAA regarding a release of Bunker C fuel oil into North Lake Union in Seattle.

On March 17, 2019, the U.S. Coast Guard notified NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration about a tank farm fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) Deer Park facility near Houston.

Pictured here in 2014, the old freighter Helena Star has been allowed to become derelict, leaking oil and pulling down its neighboring vessel, the Golden West. In 2014, the State of Washington announced it was pursuing criminal charges against the owner of the Helena Star, which sank in Tacoma's Hylebos Waterway, releasing oil and other pollutants.

A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rests on the side of the Golden Ray, a 656-foot vehicle carrier, to drop off supplies for Coast Guard crews and port partners who attempt to locate and rescue the remaining four crew members aboard the Golden Ray, Sept. 9, 2019, in St. Simons Sound, near Brunswick, Georgia.

Tank farm fire in Houston

Grounded barge on Harbor Island, Seattle

Burning commercial fishing vessel in Oregon

Train derailment and sulfuric acid release

Staten Island bunker fuel spill

Staten Island bunker fuel spill

Abandoned barge on Kodiak Island

Abandoned barge on Kodiak Island

Oil spill following a ship fire in Houston

Houston chemical fire - sampling

Selendang Ayu oil spill

Salvage operations in the Houston Ship Channel on May 13, 2019. Barge MMI 3041 capsized while in transit with Barge Kirby 3001ST on May 10, 2019 after the tanker Genesis River collided in the Houston Ship Channel.

A vessel collision that occurred near Houston when a 755-foot tanker, MV Genesis River, and the tug Voyager collided in the Houston Ship Channel. Crews prepare for cold-tap drilling operations to offload product and enable removal of barge from the Houston Ship Channel, May 13, 2019. Barge MMI 3041 capsized while in transit with Barge Kirby 3001ST on May 10, 2019 after the tanker Genesis River collided in the Ship Channel.

Coast Guard crew members work alongside New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Resolve Marine Group to help assess the condition of the Coimbra wreck on April 30, 2019. The Coimbra was a supply ship owned by Great Britain when the ship was sunk off the coast of Long Island, during World War II by a German U-boat.

Coast Guard crew members work alongside New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Resolve Marine Group to help assess the condition of the Coimbra wreck on April 30, 2019. The Coimbra was a supply ship owned by Great Britain when the ship was sunk off the coast of Long Island, during World War II by a German U-boat.

View of oiled marsh and boom with oil sheen in foreground at the Lake Washington/Rattlesnake Bayou in Louisiana in December 2018.

View of oil trapped in a marsh area following the Lake Washington A10 Well Leak, at the Lake Washington/Rattlesnake Bayou in Louisiana in December 2018.

Oiled grasses following the Lake Washington A10 Well Leak, at the Lake Washington/Rattlesnake Bayou in Louisiana in December 2018.

NOAA provided guidance for establishing a science-based safety zone where lava flowing from Kilauea Volcano (seen here in 2011) entered the ocean at Kamokuna, Hawaii County, NOAA collaborated with Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in this effort.

Sheen visible at the water’s edge after Barge E2MS 303 collided with a towboat on February 22, 2014 and began leaking 750 barrels of Bakken crude oil into the lower Mississippi River.

As it sunk, the bow section drifted 400-500 yards to the southeast and was eventually sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard, while the stern section remained aground. Also, see full gallery of Argo Merchant photos: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/argo-merchant-grounding-and-oil-spill.

The Coast Guard, with state and local partners, is responds to an oil production platform fire in Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana, March 15, 2016. One of the tanks reportedly collapsed, releasing an unknown amount of crude oil into a canal.

Skimming operations being conducted on May 14, 2016, in response to an estimated 88,200 gallons of crude oil discharged from a segment of flow line at the Glider Field approximately 90 miles south of Timbalier Island, Louisiana.

A U.S. Coast Guard aerial survey reveals the rugged, remote landscape and the conical drilling unit Kulluk, grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska.

The "Cougar Ace", a 654-foot container ship transporting over 4,800 automobiles from Japan to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, began to take on water for an unknown reason late on July 26, 2006, about 245 nautical miles southwest of Atka, Alaska, and started to list to its port side.

On January 21, 2007, a well head blowout occurred in Lake Perot, La.

On March 21, 2005, Barge Millicoma ran aground near the mouth of the Columbia River off the coast of Washington state. The 350-foot barge broke loose from a tugboat towline in bad weather on the Columbia River bar. After two days, the ship was refloated and transported to Astoria, Ore., without incident.

On September 18, 2003, M/V Kent Reliant grounded at the entrance to San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico.

The M/T Igloo Moon, a chemical tanker carrying a full cargo (6,589 metric tons) of butadiene to Houston, Texas, ran aground November 6, 1996, on a sand bottom, in 25 feet of water, within the Biscayne National Park boundary, in Florida. The vessel was also carrying 57,000 gallons of IFO 380, a heavy fuel oil similar to number 6; 30,000 gallons of marine diesel; and 6,000 gallons of lube oil.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, when the BP deep ocean well Macondo blew out. The blow-out resulted in an explosion aboard the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, killing 11 rig workers. The rig caught fire and sank two days later. As a result, approximately 3.19 million barrels (nearly 134 million gallons) of crude oil gushed from the seafloor for nearly three months. This incident became the largest oil spill in U.S. waters. Find the latest NOAA information related to this oil spill.

The container ship M/V Cosco Busan struck the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, Calif., on November 7, 2008. An approximate 100-foot gash in the hull of the vessel resulted, and 1,380 barrels (58,000 gallons) of fuel oil were released into the water.

On April 27, 2003, Bouchard Barge No. 120 grounded at the entrance to Buzzard Bay in southern Massachusetts. The barge discharged approximately 2,333 barrels (98,000 gallons) of heavy number 6 fuel.

On January 11, 2010, approximately 3,200 barrels (134,400 gallons) of diesel were released into a coastal stream from an underground tank operated by Adak Petroleum on Adak Island, Alaska.