Table A-1 . Beach Cleanup Procedure for Torrey Canyon (Tanker) 

 Oil Spill 



Item 

 Date 



Location 

 Produce Spilled 

 Quantity 

 Circumstances 



Extent of Contami- 

 nation 



Cleanup Procedure 



Remarks 



18 March 1967 



Seven Stones Reef, England 



Crude oil, Kuwait 



700,000 barrels 



Tanker with 117,000 long tons of cargo ran 

 aground 



A total of 242 miles of shoreline contaminated 

 in England and France. 



British used detergents almost exclusively to 

 clean beach areas; severe destruction to marine 

 life resulted in those areas that were heavily 

 treated. In Brittany 2,300 soldiers were used 

 to assist in beach cleanup. Large sumps were 

 dug at rear of beach, and oil plus sand was 

 deposited there. Solids sank to the bottom of 

 the sump and the oil was skimmed off and removed 

 with tank trucks. 



References 1-2 



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