Unfortunately, spills like this are not new news. The Amico Cadiz oil spill in 1978, the Castillo de Bellver in 1983, and the destruction of the oil platform in the Persian Gulf in 1983 are just ...

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency works to ensure oil companies are complying with government regulations. Government agency investigates another major oil spill at Shell ...

SEATTLE — Two of the Pacific Northwest’s largest oil-spill response vessels may be called to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

A Chevron oil well has leaked nearly 800,000 gallons of crude petroleum and water in Kern County over the last two months, prompting state regulators to hit the San Ramon-based energy company with a ...

A large oil spill off the southern California coast left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated, prompting local officials to call it an environmental catastrophe.The U.S ...

A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves and the coast guard is now assessing the vessel for a leak that could cause a major spill that could reach ...

A major oil spill off the coast of Orange County prompted the closure of ocean waters in Huntington Beach, with officials saying that some of the oil had reached the city's shore.

Louisiana is the No. 1 commercial oyster producer in the United States. Twenty years after Katrina, oyster farmers say they ...

Vermont has 30 strategies for containing oil spills, each specially designed for a location on a major Vermont river or Lake ...

Shares in oil major BP Plc <BP.L> rose on Monday after the company said it was capturing most of the oil gushing from its leaking Gulf of Mexico well, and that an additional capture system ...

Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major spill near the capital by: JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Posted: Jul 25, 2024 / 06:48 AM MDT ...