why do marine oil spills occur more in some areas than in others?
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Oil spills into rivers, bays, and the ocean most often are caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, drilling rigs, and storage facilities.
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. (U.S. Coast Guard)
Spills can be caused by:
people making mistakes or being careless.
equipment breaking down.natural disasters such as hurricanes.
deliberate acts by terrorists, countries at war, vandals, or illegal dumpers.
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