Phillips Oklahoma 
- Name
- Phillips Oklahoma
- Accident date
- 17/09/1989
- Location
- North Sea
- Accident area
- 11 km from Humber estuary
- Spill area
- Offshore
- Cause of spill
- Collision
- Nature of pollutant
- crude oil
- Quantity spilled
- 800 tonnes
- Ship / structure type
- Oil tanker
- Built date
- 1979
- Flag
- Liberian
- Owner
- Maltese Phillips Petroleum
On 17 September 1989 during the night, the Liberian tanker Phillips Oklahoma ran into the Maltese ship Fiona. The latter was anchored when the incident occurred. The tanker caught fire after the collision.
More than 800 tonnes of crude oil were spilled in the incident. Luckily, the oil drifted away from the coast with the wind. There was no pollution on the shoreline.
Response operations lasted two days. They involved aerial spraying of dispersants. Some of the oil was also lost by burning, evaporation and natural dispersion.
Total costs for cleaning operation amounted to $ 267,000 (€ 219 500).
Sources:
- SCHIDT ETKIN, Dagmar, Dr, Financial Costs of Oil Spills Worldwide, Cutter Information Corp. (publisher of the weekly Oil Spill Intelligence Report newsletter), 1998
- CD Rom: International Oil Spill Conference, Proceedings: Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Restoration – Perspectives for a Cleaner Environment, Vancouver, April 6-11, 2003