The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mukati meUnited States Department of Commerce yakagadzira chati yezvakanyanya kudururwa nemafuta zvinokanganisa mvura dzeU.S. kubvira muna 1969. Kubvira muna 2000, kudonha kukuru kwazvo kwave kuri kudonha kwemafuta kwe"Deepwater Horizon"
gore ra2010. Kunze kwerwizi runonzi Kalamazoo River (2010), dzimwe nzvimbo dzose dzakakura dzinodonha mvura dzave dziri pedyo neGulf of Mexico.