The Exxon Valdez oil spill was one of the largest oil spills in history caused by the Exxon Valdez tanker ship striking a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 24, 1989. Over 11 million gallons of crude oil was spilled into the ocean, causing severe environmental and economic damage along the coast. The accident occurred due to human error, as the ship's captain was allegedly drunk and the third mate was too tired to properly maneuver the ship. The spill had devastating effects on wildlife such as sea otters and birds, as well as negative economic impacts through lost tourism and fishing industries for many years.

1. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Submitted to,
Dr rajendran Rajaram
Department of marine science
BDU Tiruchirapalli

2. Contents
Introduction
About the ship
History of accident and pictures
Effects of oil spill
Economic lose
Clean up process

3. Introduction
An oil spill is the releasing of liquid petroleum
hydrocarbon in to the environment especially in
to the marine environment, due to human
activity,and is form pollution.
The term usually given to marine oil spill,where
oil is released into ocean or coastal water,but
spill may also occur in land.

4. oil spill may be due to the releasing of crude oil
from ships,offshore platforms,drilling rigs and
wells as well as the spills of refined petroleum
products and their by products.
Crude oil and refined fule spill from tanker ship
accidents have cause severe damages in
Alaska,the Gulf of Mexico,the Galapagos
Islands,France,the Sundarbance and many
other places.

5. Exxon Valdez (ship history)
Exxon valdez at prince william sound in 1989

6. Name : oriental nicety
Owner: Hong kong bloom shipping ltd(2008-2012)
SeaRiver maritime (1989-2008)
Exxon (1986-1989)
Builder :National steel and shipbuilding company
San Diego, Californication
Launched: 14 october 1986
Class : VLCC oil tanker
Length :987 ft
Been:166ft

7. depth :88 ft
Speed:16.25 knots
Capacity:1.48 billion barrels
Crew:21
Caption at the time of oil spill:Joseph hazelwood

8. History of accident
On march 24,1989 the exxon valdez tanker
heading for long beach,california, from alaska
struck prince williams sound reef.
It spill 1 million gallons of crude oil in to the
pristine water of gulf of Mexico.
This accident became one of the greatest

9. environmental disaster of the entire generation
caused by human error.
According to the official reports, the ship was
carrying about 55 million gallons of crude oil, off
which is spilled closed to 11 gallons into the
ocean.

10. Cause of accident
The exxon shipping company mostly held the
responsibility for this accident.
The main reason why exxon valdez collided with
bligh reef is because the company is fails to
supervise the master and provide enough rested
Crew for the ship.

11. Captain joseph hazelwood, who was in cammad
of the ship, was allegedly drunk and was sleeping
in his bunk when the ship struck the reef.
The third mate fail to manevre the ship because
he was too tired,which lead to ship disaster.
They dont use raytheon collision advanced
system radar.

12. Thanks ….