Template:Infobox oil spill

*Exxon Valdez* oil spill
Exxon Valdez oil spill
	3 days after Exxon Valdez ran aground
Location	Prince William Sound, Alaska
Coordinates	60°50′00″N 146°52′00″W / 60.83333°N 146.86667°W
Date	24 March 1989
Cause
Cause	Grounding of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker
Operator	Exxon
Spill characteristics
Volume	260,000 barrels (41,000 m3) - 750,000 barrels (119,000 m3)
Area	11,000 sq mi (28,000 km2)
Shoreline impacted	1,300 mi (2,100 km)

Location	{{{location}}}
Coordinates	{{{coordinates}}}
Date	{{{spill_date}}}
Cause
Cause	{{{cause}}}
Casualties	{{{casualties}}}
Operator	{{{operator}}}
Spill characteristics
Volume	{{{volume}}}
Area	{{{area}}}
Shoreline impacted	{{{coast}}}

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{{Infobox oil spill
| name      	= 
| image 	= 
| image_size	= 
| image_caption	= 
| location	= 
| coordinates	= 
| spill_date	= 
| cause 	= 
| operator	= 
| casualties	= 
| volume	= 
| area		= 
| coast 	= 
}}

Required: name, location, spill_date, and at least one of volume/area/coast.

Unused parameters do not need to be stated (i.e. it isn't necessary to put "casualties = none" or "coast = n/a").

Parameter	Description	Example
name	should match article name, wiki markup OK	''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill
image	do not include "File:"	Exval.jpeg
image_size	value in pixels, uses default image size if not set.	250px
image_caption	description appears centered below image	3 days after ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' ran aground
location	general description of site, preferably with wikilinks	[[Prince William Sound]], [[Alaska]]
coordinates	specific location using Coord template (can also be used to cause coordinates to appear in article title by setting "display=title,inline")	{{Coord\|60.83333\|-146.86667\|region:US-AK_type:landmark\|display=inline}}
location_map_zoom	Zoom level for the location map (0-19)	7
spill_date	start of spill event (or range of dates, for extended spills)	24 March 1989
cause	general description of event that initiated the spill	Grounding of the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' oil tanker
operator	company that is financially responsible for spill event (if applicable)	[[Exxon]]
casualties	deaths or injuries associated with initial spill event (if applicable)
volume	amount of oil spilled (or range of best estimates) Note: some spills are listed as mass (tonnes) instead of volume. See list of oil spills for typical conversions.	{{convert\|260000\|oilbbl\|m3}} - {{convert\|750000\|oilbbl\|m3}}
area	area affected by oil (i.e. seafloor or land)	{{convert\|11000\|mi2\|abbr=on}}
coast	linear length of coastline affected	{{convert\|1300\|mi\|abbr=on}}

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Exxon Valdez oil spill
3 days after Exxon Valdez ran aground

Location	Prince William Sound, Alaska
Coordinates	60°50′00″N 146°52′00″W / 60.83333°N 146.86667°W / 60.83333; -146.86667
Date	24 March 1989
Cause
Cause	Grounding of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker
Operator	Exxon
Spill characteristics
Volume	260,000 barrels (41,000 m³) - 750,000 barrels (119,000 m³)
Area	11,000 sq mi (28,000 km²)
Shoreline impacted	1,300 mi (2,100 km)