Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill and is no longer being actively updated. Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill The group Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill claims to represent the 40,000 or so victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The organization tracks all information related to the spill and its aftermath. The organization's website has links to articles, court decisions and actions related to this incident, as well as articles and reports on the psychological, economic and environmental impacts of this accident. There is information for journalists and updates on the ongoing litigation. The site was created by Steven Goldstein and Jo Miller
Prudhoe Bay oil spill Bay oil field, which would reduce Alaska North Slope oil production by an estimated 400,000 barrels per day. Later BP decided not to shut the western side of the field, meaning Prudhoe Bay would still produce about 200,000 barrels a day, half its normal total. Oil revenue accounts for 90% of Alaska's tax income. As a result of news of the shutdown, the price of crude oil on NYMEX jumped US$2.22 a barrel closing at US$76.98 per barrel. Following the Prudhoe Bay pipeline leak in March 2006, due to slow progress in stopping the oil spill, BP was forced to