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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| 10E pollution |
| Table 10E1 Oil pollution incidents reported, marine zones polluted, and extent of pollution, 1986, 1992-1996 |
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1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
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| Incidents - total | 247 |
327 |
370 |
311 |
298 |
453 |
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| West Scotland | 13 |
32 |
33 |
45 |
42 |
47 |
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| Orkney/Shetland | 33 |
19 |
39 |
31 |
30 |
26 |
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| East Scotland | 36 |
93 |
106 |
79 |
69 |
73 |
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| Oil and gas industry UKCS1,2 | 165 |
183 |
192 |
156 |
157 |
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| Open sea2 | 170 |
196 |
234 |
179 |
178 |
326 |
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| Tidal river/estuary | 8 |
22 |
14 |
17 |
20 |
15 |
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| Bay/nearshore | 4 |
17 |
15 |
24 |
21 |
25 |
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| Beach/shore | 15 |
14 |
32 |
24 |
22 |
16 |
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| Port | 50 |
78 |
75 |
67 |
57 |
71 |
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| More than 1.6 km | - sea | 5 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
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| - shore | 5 |
11 |
9 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
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| 1.6 km or less | - sea | 12 |
15 |
34 |
19 |
23 |
68 |
| - shore | 62 |
11 |
89 |
100 |
97 |
36 |
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| Not reported | .. |
92 |
37 |
28 |
24 |
68 |
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Source: ACOPS |
| 1 United Kingdom Continental
Shelf. 2 Includes all offshore North Sea spills. 3 Includes all UKCS (e.g Irish Sea). 4 Information not available on offshore North Sea spills. |
| Chart 10E1 Oil spill incidents by zone, 19961 |
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Source: ACOPS |
| 2 Figures in brackets denote reports of chronic oil pollution, which have been included in the total given. |
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