Sentence examples for biggest spills from inspiring English sources

In 1994, a pipeline break in Usinsk gushed up more than 60,000 tonnes of oil (many estimates put that figure at twice as much), one of the biggest spills ever on land.

These were among the biggest spills in decades of oil exploration in Nigeria.

The U.S. regulatory agency is in the spotlight after two big accidents in 2010 - BP Plc's Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and another Enbridge leak of 20,000 barrels into Michigan's Kalamazoo River in one of the biggest spills onshore.

The amount released makes it the biggest spill on the UK continental shelf since that in the Hutton field in 2000, when about 350 tonnes were released.

The amount released makes it the biggest spill on the UK continental shelf since that in the Hutton field in the North Sea in 2000, when about 350 tons were released.

Both proposals may face heavier opposition now that pipelines have been shown to be so vulnerable.The current problems were discovered only because a massive pipeline rupture in March, which led to the biggest spill ever on land in Alaska, spurred more inspections.

It was the biggest spill in the pipeline's seven-year history, but not the first.

Also, the mop absorbed very little liquid, so it would not work well on big spills.

This would make it the largest accidental oil spill in history (military attacks have created far bigger spills).

The sinking prompted calls from environmental groups for accelerating a shift to sturdier tanker designs with double hulls designed to cut risks of big spills.

Oilmen also have their eyes on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which lies just beside prolific fields on Alaska's North Slope, but there is less enthusiasm among Republicans for opening it to drilling; Mr McCain, for one, opposes the idea.Moreover, there have been no big spills from offshore wells and platforms since 1969 (oil tankers, such as the Exxon Valdez, are another matter).