The ocean has always been a source of memories by being an important witness to the development of human life. On the other hand, the imbalance created by the risks of offshore exploration becomes a modifying agent of our future memories.  An oil spill, an expression coined on the occasion of the sinking of the Torrey Canyon by a journalist from the Télégramme de Brest1, is an industrial and ecological disaster resulting in the flow of an oil slick in the coastal zone.