| MT IndependenĹŁa | Turkey, Bosphorus | 15 November 1979 | 95,000 | 95,000 | | [197] |
| Burmah Agate | United States, Galveston Bay, Texas | 1 November 1979 | 8,440 | 8,440 | | [275] |
| Aphrodite | Port Stanvac, South Australia | 20 July 1979 | unknown | unknown | | [276] |
| Atlantic Empress / Aegean Captain | Trinidad and Tobago | 19 July 1979 | 287,000 | 287,000 | | [197][277][278] |
| Ixtoc I oil spill | Mexico, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico | 3 June 1979 – 23 March 1980 | 454,000 | 480,000 | Pemex | [279][280][281] |
| Betelgeuse | Ireland, Bantry Bay | 8 January 1979 | 64,000 | 64,000 | | [282] |
| Peck Slip Spill | Puerto Rico, Cabo San Juan, Puerto Rico | 19 December 1978 | 1,550 | 1,550 | Sun Oil Company | [283] |
| Cabo Tamar | Chile, San Vincente Bay | 7 June 1978 | 12,500 | 12,500 | | [257] |
| Amoco Cadiz | France, Brittany | 16 March 1978 | 223,000 | 227,000 | Amoco | [184][197][284][285] |
| Trans-Alaska Pipeline sabotage by explosives | United States, Alaska | 15 February 1978 | 2,162 | 2,162 | | [286] |
| Brazilian Marina | Brazil, Sao Sebastiao Channel, SĂŁo Paulo | 9 January 1978 | 10,039 | 10,039 | | [287] |
| Venpet-Venoil collision | South Africa, Cape St. Francis | 16 December 1977 | 26,600 | 30,500 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation | [288] |
| Unknown ship | United States, Key Largo, Florida | 1 May 1977 | | | | [289] |
| Ekofisk oil field | Norway, North Sea | 22 April 1977 | 27,600 | 27,600 | | [290][291] |
| MV Hawaiian Patriot | United States, 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) off Honolulu, Hawaii | 26 February 1977 | 95,000 | 95,000 | | [184][197] |
| Borag | Taiwan, Northern coast | 7 February 1977 | 34,000 | 34,000 | | [292] |
| Argo Merchant | United States, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts | 15 December 1976 | 25,000 | 28,000 | | [293][294] |
| NEPCO 140 | United States, Saint Lawrence River | 23 June 1976 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | [295][296] |
| Urquiola | Spain, A Coruña | 12 May 1976 | 100,000 | 100,000 | | [197] |
| St. Peter | Colombia, Cabo Manglares | 5 February–November 1976 | 38,056 | 38,056 | | [297] |
| Niger Delta | Nigeria, Niger Delta | 1976 – 1996 | 258,000 | 328,000 | Royal Dutch Shell | [298] |
| Olympic Bravery | France, Ushant | 24 January 1976 | 900 | 900 | Onassis | [299] |
| Epic Colocotronis Spill | Puerto Rico, Rincon, Puerto Rico | 13 May 1975 | 61,000 | 61,000 | Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain | [300] |
| Tarik Ibn Ziyad | Brazil, Sao Sebastiao terminal, Santos | 26 March 1975 | 10,000 | 20,000 | | [301][302][303] |
| Liberian tanker | United States, Florida | 1975 | 135 | 135 | | [289] |
| Corinthos | United States, Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 31 January 1975 | 36,000 | 36,000 | | |
| Jakob Maersk | Portugal, Oporto | 29 January 1975 | 88,000 | 88,000 | | [197] |
| Afran Zodiac | Ireland, Bantry Bay | 10 January 1975 | 451 | 451 | | [304] |
| Showa Maru | Singapore, off Pulau Sebarok, Singapore Strait | 7 January 1975 | 3,300 | 4,500 | | [305][306] |
| VLCC Metula | Chile, Strait of Magellan | 9 August 1974 | 50,000 | 51,000 | | [307] |
| Oriental Pioneer | South Africa, Struisbaai | 22 July 1974 | 200 | 200 | | [308][309] |
| Jawachta | Sweden, Smygehuk | 20 December 1973 | 3,000 | 16,000 | | [310] |
| Trinimar Marine Well 327 | Venezuela, Gulf of Paria | 8 August 1973 | 1,091 | 1,091 | | [311] |
| Napier | Chile, Guamblin Island | June 1973 | 30,000 | 30,000 | | [312] |
| S.S. Zoe Colocotronis Spill | Puerto Rico, Lajas, Puerto Rico | 18 March 1973 | 5,170 | 5,170 | Colocotronis brothers of Greece and Great Britain | [313] |
| Irish Stardust | Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia | January 1973 | 450 | 450 | | [314] |
| Sea Star | Iran, Gulf of Oman | 19 December 1972 | 115,000 | 115,000 | Samyang Navigation | [184][197] |
| Oswego-Guardian – Texanita collision | South Africa, Stilbaai | 21 August 1972 | 10,000 | 10,000 | | [315] |
| Myrtea | Singapore, off Pulau Bukom, Singapore Strait | June 1972 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | [316] |
| Texaco Denmark | Belgium, North Sea | 7 December 1971 | 107,000 | 107,000 | | [317] |
| Navy tanker Towle | United States, New York City, New York, Gravesend Bay | 14 July 1971 | 123 | 123 | | [318][319] |
| Texaco Oklahoma | United States | 27 March 1971 | 25,700 | 31,500 | | [310][320] |
| Trinity Navigator | United Kingdom, Devon | 2 March 1971 | unknown | unknown | | [321] |
| Wafra | South Africa, Cape Agulhas | 21 February 1971 | 27,000 | 27,000 | | [322][323] |
| Arizona Standard / Oregon Standard collision | United States, San Francisco Bay | 17 January 1971 | 2,700 | 2,700 | | [324][325][326] |
| Othello | Sweden, Trälhavet Bay | 20 March 1970 | 50,000 | 60,000 | | [184][209] |
| Platform Charlie | United States, Louisiana | 10 February 1970 | unknown | unknown | | [327] |
| SS Arrow | Canada, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia | 4 February 1970 | 10,330 | 10,330 | | [328] |
| Hamilton Trader | United Kingdom, Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea | 30 April 1969 | 546 | 546 | | [329] |
| Santa Barbara | United States, Santa Barbara, California | 28 January 1969 | 6,000 | 14,000 | | [330] |
| Witwater | Panama, Canal Zone, Galeta Island | 13 December 1968 | 1,910 | 1,910 | | [331] |
| World Glory | South Africa, 65 miles ENE of Durban | 13 June 1968 | 44,058 | 46,000 | World Tankers Co. Inc. | [332][333][334] |
| Genevieve | United States, Corpus Christi, Texas | 25 April 1968 | unknown | unknown | Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd. | [335] |
| Andron | Namibia, between Luderitz and Walvis Bay | 8 May 1968 | | | | [336][337] |
| Esso Essen | South Africa | April 1968 | 4,092 | 4,092 | | [336] |
| General Colocotronis | Bahamas, Eleuthera | 7 March 1968 | 5,047 | 5,047 | | [338] |
| Ocean Eagle | Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 March 1968 | 12,000 | 12,500 | Transocean Tankers Inc. | [339][340] |
| R.C. Stoner | United States, Pacific Ocean, Wake Island | 1967 | 20,000 | 20,000 | | [310] |
| Torrey Canyon | United Kingdom, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 18 March 1967 | 80,000 | 119,000 | | [184][197] |
| Mississippi River oil spill (1962–1963) | United States, Savage and Mankato, Minnesota | 8 December 1962 – 23 January 1963 | 11,000 | 15,000 | | |
| African Queen | United States, Ocean City, Maryland | 30 December 1958 | 21,000 | 21,000 | | [341][342] |
| Avila Beach pipeline | United States, Avila Beach, California | 1950's – 1996 | 1,300 | 1,300 | | [343] |
| Guadalupe Oil Field | United States, Guadalupe, California | 1950's – 1994 | 29,000 | 29,000 | | [343] |
| Sliedrecht | South Africa, Cape Town, Table Bay | November 1953 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | [344] |
| SS Jacob Luckenbach | United States, Gulf of the Farallons National Marine Sanctuary, San Francisco, California | 14 July 1953 – present | 1,484 | 1,484 | | [345] |
| Esso Wheeling | South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town | 4 November 1948 | | | | [346] |
| Berth 157 | United States, Wilmington | 2 June 1948 | | | | [347] |
| SS Douglas Victory | United States, Wilmington, California | 27 March 1948 | | | | [348] |
| SS River Raisin | United States | 1948 | | | | [349] |
| Lincoln | South Africa, Quoin Point near Cape Town | 1946 | | | | [346] |
| Greenpoint, Brooklyn | United States, Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York | 1940s – 1950s | 55,200 | 97,400 | | [350] |
| Seria Field 14 wells | Brunei | 12 June 1945 – September 1945 | unknown | unknown | | [351][352][353] |
| Scuttled tanker El Grillo | Iceland, Seyðisfjörður | February 1944 – present | unknown | unknown | | [354] |
| SS Frank H. Buck / SS President Coolidge collision | United States, San Francisco Bay, California | 6 March 1937 | 8,870 | 8,870 | | [324][355] |
| Lakeview Gusher | United States, Kern County, California | 14 March 1910 – 10 September 1911 | 1,230,000 | 1,230,000 | | [356] |
| Thomas W. Lawson | United Kingdom, Isles of Scilly | 14 December 1907 | 7,400 | 7,400 | | [357] |
| SS Petriana | Australia, Port Phillip, Victoria | 30 November 1903 | 1,300 | 1,300 | Asiatic Petroleum Company | [358] |
| Louisiana's coast | United States, Port Eads, Louisiana, Louisiana | 16 November 2023 | 3,500 | 3,500 | Main Pass Oil Gathering company | [359] [360] |