Although Al Jazeera compared the scale of the oil spill to that of the
Exxon Valdez oil spill, later assessment found that the volume spilled was 15 000 - 30 000 tons compared to 42 000 tons for the Exxon Valdez oil spill. 170 km, while the Exxon Valdez oil spill affected 2,100 km of coastline.