2012 Event A large crude deposit of oil is found by Permex, Mexico's state-owned oil company, in the northern state of Tamaulipas; deposits could contain 250 - 400 million barrels of oil 2010 Event A substantially large oil field that is estimated to contain between 8 and 15 billion barrels, is discovered off the coast of Brazil 2010 Event The U.S. Government estimates the Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico 1987 Event Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta 1976 Event Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea 1968 Birthday Guy Ritchie, born in Hatfield, England, filmmaker, screenwriter, music video director, directed 'Snatch', 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' 1965 Event Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates 1963 Event U.S.S.R. orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia
