Cika wannan jumla: 'Yan gwagwarmaya hudu na Greenpeace sun fara mamaye Brent Spar a ranar 30 ga Afrilu 1995. Gabaɗaya, 'yan gwagwarmaya 25, masu daukar hoto da' yan jarida sun shiga cikin wannan matakin mamayar. Sun yanke shawarar rufe tambarin Exxon akan dandamalin. A wannan lokacin, masu fafutuka sun tattara samfurin abubuwan da ke cikin Spar kuma sun aika da shi don gwaji, don ƙayyade yanayin gurɓatattun abubuwan da dandamalin ya ƙunsa. An tattara wannan samfurin ba daidai ba, wanda ya haifar da babban ƙididdiga a cikin abubuwan da ke cikin kayan. Kodayake Greenpeace ya ambaci kimar Shell na yawan nauyin ƙarfe da sauran sinadarai a cikin jirgin, sun kuma yi iƙirarin cewa akwai fiye da tan 5,500 na mai a kan Spar <unk> yayin da kimar Shell ta kai tan 50. Don mahallin, da
Fitar da man fetur na Exxon Valdez ya shafi kimanin tan 42,000.