This is the largest oil spill in the history of our planet.
It’s not even close.
10 Biggest Oil Spills in History + How Oil Breaks Down in H2O"If the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues for another month, it may match the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 12 million gallons. But the Exxon Valdez spill does not even make it onto the top 10 list of historical oil spills."
Not true. The Saudis had a 700 million gallon spill - used super tankers to pump the oil/water in, separate, and dump the good water back. They recovered 85% of the oil ...