Appendix E Data on West Coast Lightering Operations and Incidents
TABLE E-1 Summary of Oil Spills, California, 1992 to 1997
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Terminals |
Vesselsa |
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Year |
Incidents |
Quantity (gallons) |
Incidents |
Quantity (gallons) |
1992 |
18 |
1,777 |
18 |
1,256 |
1993 |
20 |
1,088 |
16 |
479 |
1994 |
16 |
507 |
17 |
679 |
1995 |
20 |
228 |
28 |
3,158 |
1996 |
12 |
339 |
12 |
286 |
1997 |
9 |
163 |
9 |
461 |
Totals |
95 |
4,102 |
100 |
6,319 |
Attributable to: Pipelines |
11 |
3,009 |
V/L Ops. |
4,266 |
a 34 incidents occurred during bunkering and accounted for 1,783 gallons. The largest spills were 1,000 gallons during the bunkering of a warship and 1,974 gallons during the loading of a barge. Source: California State Lands Commission |
TABLE E-2 Summary of Oil Spills, Washington State, 1992 to 1997
No spills on record during lighterings. |
Recent spill data indicates that approximately:
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Causes:
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There are no indications or records of any spills as a result of lighterings |
Source: Washington Department of Ecology |
TABLE E-3 Chevron, Summary of Lightering, West Coast
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Lightering |
Quantity of Oil |
Spills (gallons) |
Offshore |
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San Clemente |
1970–1979 |
250 |
75,000,000 Bbls. |
0 |
Pacific Area Lightering |
1996–1997 |
22 |
40,000,000 Bbls. |
0 |
Inshore |
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L.A. Harbor |
1980 to date |
70 |
17,000,000 Bbls. |
0 |
San Francisco Bay |
1992–1997 |
57 |
8,000,000 Bbls. |
0 |
Totals |
|
399 |
140,000,000 Bbls. |
0 |
Source: Chevron Shipping Co. |
TABLE E-4 British Petroleum, Summary of Lightering, West Coast, 1987–1997
TABLE E-5 Exxon, Summary of Lightering, West Coast, San Francisco Harbor, 1992–1997
Year |
Lightering |
Quantity of Oil |
Spills (gallons) |
1991 |
187 |
40,765,767 Bbls. |
0 |
1992 |
190 |
44,341,669 Bbls. |
0 |
1993 |
187 |
42,298,141 Bbls. |
0 |
1994 |
182 |
42,752,591 Bbls. |
0 |
1995 |
189 |
44,825,615 Bbls. |
0 |
1996 |
178 |
43,251,976 Bbls. |
0 |
1997 |
103 |
23,269,520 Bbls. |
0 |
Totals |
1216 |
281,505,279 Bbls. |
0 |
Source: Exxon |
TABLE E-6 Summary of West Coast Lightering
TABLE E-7 Chevron's Overall Lightering Experience, 1970 to 1997
|
Barrels Lightered |
Lighterings |
Spills (barrels) |
Pascagoula |
1,700,000,000 |
4,550 |
10 |
Other U.S. Gulf |
120,000,000 |
360 |
|
Pacific Area Lightering (1996–1997) |
30,000,000 |
32 |
|
Other West Coast |
100,000,000 |
380 |
|
Totals |
1,950,000,000 |
5,322 |
10 |