Global quantity of oil spilled from tankers

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This dataset contains the global quantity of oil spilled from tankers per year for the period 1970 – 2023. Data retrieved from Global Change Data Lab. Follow datasource.kapsarc.org for timely data to advance energy economics research. 

Dataset Identifier
global-quantity-of-oil-spilt-from-tankers
Downloads
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Themes
Climate
Keywords
Waste
Modified
1 March 2025 00:01
Publisher
Global Change Data Lab
Reference
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/quantity-oil-spills
Update frequency
Annual
Last checked date
1 March 2025
Country
World
Source copyrights
https://ourworldindata.org/privacy-policy
Data classification
Public
Discontinued Data
No
Unit of measure
Tonnes
Publisher Periodicity
Annually
Expected next release
31 March 2025
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Last processing
1 March 2025 00:01 (metadata)
26 January 2025 12:39 (data)

DCAT

Accrual periodicity
Annually
Temporal
1970-2023
Temporal coverage start date
31 December 1969 21:00
Temporal coverage end date
30 December 2023 21:00

Semantic Metadata

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Year
               
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                                                  Name (identifier)                                                                         
year
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
date
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   
       
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                                                  Name (identifier)                                                                         
entity
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
text
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   
       
Quantity of oil spilled
       
           
               
               
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                                                  Name (identifier)                                                                         
quantity_of_oil_spilled
                       		                   
                   
                                                  Type                                                                         
decimal
                       		                   
                                      
                                                  Sample                                                                         
                       		                   
               
       
   

                                
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