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...history in 1989 when the crude oil tanker Exxon Valdez changed course to avoid one of its icebergs and ran aground on Bligh Reef, spilling crude oil into Prince William Sound. The spill, however, trigged significant studies of Columbia Glacier...
...that way, or it would have been much smaller because of changes we've made." The tanker ran aground at Alaska's Bligh Reef on March 24, 1989, and spewed 11 million gallons of crude oil into the rich fishing waters of Prince William Sound...
We're entering the third month of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 22nd year since the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef. In the Gulf of Mexico, as much as 3 million barrels of crude have already spilled from the blown-out well, and...
...crew of the Exxon Valdez was beyond its control when the tanker pulled away from the Alyeska terminal and drove onto Bligh Reef. Exxon knew about the captain's drinking problem, though it's never been clear how big a role that played in the...
...oil sat in a big, flat pancake around the tankers and Bligh Reef and could have been contained, with much of it recovered...vessels to handle containment boom would been been at Bligh Reef within hours (some fishing vessels under contract with...
...driver's seat and the phantom court date a year away. Superstitions should be held at bay. The Exxon Valdez did hit Bligh Reef just two days after a full moon. And yes, if the Supreme Court acted on the 26th it made its decision under a hunter...
...marine authorities a better idea of where the danger is. The Exxon Valdez was trying to avoid reported ice when it struck Bligh Reef, spilling 11 million gallons into the Sound. Scientists and regulators say the danger has only gotten worse. The problem...
...vessel that spilled more than 1 million gallons of oil there after March 22, 1989. The Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef on March 24, 1989. The dispute is based on language in the consent decree, under which Exxon agreed to that restriction...
...costs and compensation. It was clearly not enough. Oil is still being cleaned from Snug Harbor, 55 miles southwest of Bligh Reef where the oil tanker ran aground. Sea otters and sea ducks that live in the sound continue to show an elevated level...
... Tug with barge loses power near Bligh Reef Web-posted 2/4/2000 ...gallons of fuel lost steerage near Bligh Reef Monday and was rescued by an Alyeska... Tug with barge loses power near Bligh Reef Web-posted 2/4/2000 ...