The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

5. WATER

Table 5.21 Source and amount of oil spilled, 1985-1995 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Source Coastal tanker/VLCC/UlCC1 20 22 11 16 16 12 18 10 13 4 4 Non tanker ship 23 20 19 28 38 32 66 52 71 64 66 Wreck/offshore oil installation2 91 161 257 253 293 346 238 179 183 150 146 Oil pipeline/terminal/jetty 12 6 6 6 9 7 12 8 3 6 3 Industrial premises/sewers/outfalls/other 10 10 15 11 14 25 39 25 30 30 23 Not known 22 28 28 54 55 62 61 53 70 57 56 Amount spilled Excluding offshore North Sea 455 litres or less 40 31 20 30 31 29 50 46 49 53 67 456 litres to 1 tonne 5 - 5 5 5 7 6 4 9 8 12 More than 1 tonne to 50 tonnes 10 10 6 8 13 13 18 7 11 16 13 More than 50 tonnes 4 - 1 - - 1 - 3 2 1 1 Not known 28 41 50 56 69 81 125 84 107 77 48 Offshore North Sea spills 455 litres or less 45 84 138 177 192 225 147 107 141 110 131 456 litres to 1 tonne 25 39 59 37 35 42 46 32 15 20 14 More than 1 tonne to 50 tonnes 18 37 40 36 59 79 52 37 34 26 11 More than 50 tonnes 1 2 2 2 5 3 - - - - - Not known 2 3 15 17 16 4 14 7 2 - 1 Source: ACOPS 1 VLCC - very large crude carrier and ULCC - Ultra large crude carrier. 2 Includes all offshore North Sea installations.