TABLE 5-4 Volume of Oil Spills From Facilities by Source: 2004-2008
TABLE 5-4 Volume of Oil Spills From Facilities by Source: 2004-2008
Thousands of gallons
| Vessel Sources | Nonvessel Sources | Mysteryc | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tankship | Tank Barge | Other vesselsa | Offshore pipelines | Onshore Pipelines | Otherb | |||
| 2004 | 636.8 | 215.8 | 453.9 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 55.5 | 39.7 | 1,416.7 |
| 2005 | 3.0 | 2,006.8 | 115.1 | 26.5 | 110.0 | 7,645.2 | 30.1 | 9,936.6 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 287.3 | 125.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2,288.6 | 128.5 | 2,836.3 |
| 2007 | 46.7 | 4.5 | 184.1 | 296.2 | 0.0 | 144.6 | 30.3 | 706.3 |
| 2008 | 1.3 | 286.6 | 248.2 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 182.7 | 26.6 | 760.2 |
a Other vessels include commercial vessels, fishing boats, freight barges, freight ships, industrial vessels, oil recovery vessels, passenger vessels, unclassified public vessels, recreational boats, research vessels, school ships, tow and tug boats, mobile offshore drilling units, offshore supply vessels, publicly owned tank and freight ships, as well as vessels not fitting any particular class (unclassified).
b Other nonvessel sources include designated waterfront facilities, nonmarine land facilities, fixed offshore and inshore platforms, mobile facility, municipal facility, aircraft, land vehicles, railroad equipment, bridges, factories, fleeting areas, industrial facilities, intakes, locks, marinas, MARPOL reception facilities, nonvessel common carrier facilities, outfalls, sewers, drains, permanently moored facilities, shipyards, and ship repair facilities.
c Mystery spills are spills from unknown or unidentified sources. U.S. Coast Guard investigators are unable to identify the vessel or facility that spilled the oil into U.S. navigable waters.
NOTE: The spike in gallons spilled for 2005 can be attributed to the passage of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi on Aug. 29, 2005, which caused numerous spills approximating 8 million gallons of oil in U.S. waters.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Polluting Incidents In and Around U.S. Waters, A Spill/Release Compendium: 1969-2008, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 4-50, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of January 2011.