Jun 18, 2010 ... "The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40  years ago in 1969." We looked into previous oil spills, and found ...
The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in January and February 1969 in the Santa  Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara in Southern California. It was the  largest oil spill in United States waters by that time, and now ranks ... Nearer to  the site of the oil spill, the first drilling island was built in 1958 by Richfield Oil ...
The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40  years ago in 1969. — Politifact Georgia on Thursday, June 17th, 2010. False.
1969 – A Union Oil Co. drilling rig in the Santa Barbara Channel, six miles ... of  oil into Prince William Sound, causing — to date — the worst oil spill in U.S.  history. ... 2005 – The U.S. Coast Guard estimated that more than 7 million  gallons of oil ... In the same year, a supply vessel collided with a Liberian oil  tanker, 40 miles ...
Yet since the iconic 1969 oil well blowout in Santa Barbara, California, there  have been at least 44 oil spills, each over 10,000 barrels (420,000 gallons), ...
The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40 years ago in 1969.