Oil spills are serious environmental disasters,often leading to significant,long-term impacts on the environment,ecology and socio-economic activities of an area.Worldwide,from 1978 to 1995,there were more than 4,100 major oil spills of 10,000 gallons or more.Several serious oil-spill incidents have taken place since 1995 too,one notable example of which is the Sea Empress,which spilled approximately 5,000 tons of oil that reached the United Kingdom's coastline.
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