Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Oriental Nicety, nke a na-akpọbu Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mediterranean, SeaRiver Mediterranean, S/R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, na Dong Fang Ocean, bụ ụgbọ mmiri na-ebu mmanụ nke nwetara aha ọjọọ mgbe ọ kwụsịrị na Prince William Sound na-awụfu mmanụ ya n'oké osimiri. Na Machị 24, 1989, mgbe ọ bụ nke Exxon Shipping Company, nke Joseph Hazelwood na First Mate James Kunkel na-aga Long Beach, California, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kwụsịrị na Bligh Reef na-ebute mmiri
nke abụọ kasị ukwuu mmanụ mgbapụta na United States akụkọ ihe mere eme. A na-eme atụmatụ na oke mmiri a wụfuru bụ, ma ọ bụ 257,000 ruo 750,000 barrels. Na 1989, e depụtara nsị mmanụ "Exxon Valdez" dị ka nsị mmanụ nke 54 kasị ukwuu n'akụkọ ihe mere eme.