Oil And Protecting The Environment

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are complete, the
volume of oil spilled in U.S. waters declined by two-thirds compared to
the year before, representing the lowest amount recorded since the Coast
Guard began publishing data in 1973. And more than three-fourths of those
spills were under 10 gallons -- less than a car's fuel tank holds.

Even as the industry strives to reduce the number and size of oil spills
still further, we've also learned a lot over the past decade about the
best way to respond when, despite all of our precautions, a spill does
occur.

Since the passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the petroleum industry
has invested nearly $17 billion in oil spill prevention and response. When
a spill occurs, various government agencies and industry start to
immediately work to retrieve the spilled oil and minimize its impact on
the environment.

But there is always room for improvement. To that end, the petroleum
industry continues to search for new ways to make our environmental
footprint as light as ...

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