Hurricane Katrina is the highly damaged and largest Atlantic tropical cyclone that occurred in 2005. The total property damage estimated at around US$ 108 billion. The Katrina Hurricane caused lots of damages including the oil sector, the storm-induced Oil spills from 44 facilities that caused leakage of over 7 million US gallons of oil. Several of the oil spills affected the ecosystem and the habitats of sea turtle, Alabama beach mice. Hurricane’s causes large damage to nature, Animals and human properties.
Rank | Spill Location | In US gallons | In Liter |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bass Enterprises (Cox Bay) | 3780000 | 14300000 |
2 | Shell (Pilot Town) | 1050000 | 4000000 |
3 | Chevron (Empire) | 991000 | 3750000 |
4 | Murphy Oil (Meraux and Chalmette) | 819000 | 3100000 |
5 | Bass Enterprises (Pointe à la Hache) | 461000 | 1750000 |
6 | Chevron (Port Fourchon) | 53000 | 200000 |
7 | Venice Energy Services (Venice) | 25000 | 95000 |
8 | Shell Pipeline Oil (Nairn) | 13440 | 50900 |
9 | Sundown Energy (West Potash) | 13000 | 49000 |