Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
"Exxon Valdez" kpara mkpamkpa na Prince William Sound, Alaska na-ekepụta otu n'ime mmanụ ndị kasị dị ukwuu a wụfuru n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke America. N'April 13, 1989 e nyere iwu ka "Essayons" gaa Astoria, Oregon iji kwadebe inyere aka na nzaghachi nsị. N'ebe ahụ, o butere mmanụ na ihe ndị ọzọ, mmanụ mmanụ, obere ụgbọ mmiri na-ebu mmanụ na ndị ọrụ iji mee ya, nfuli, hoses, mmanụ na-agbapụ pads, mmanụ mmanụ, kemịkalụ, na ngwá ọrụ na-achịkwa ọkụ. Ọ hapụrụ Astoria na Eprel 17, 1989 wee rute na Prince William Sound na Eprel 21, 1989.