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 some examples of how the oceans around the world ...

It began with an air assault and continued on the ground. Iraq released millions of barrels of oil into the Persian Gulf. The spill covered an area 100 miles by 40 miles and was five inches thick ...

The two foreign oil tankers were seized in the Persian Gulf, Iran's Revolutionary Guard’s Second Naval District announced Monday, as part of efforts to combat fuel smuggling in the region.

(This is a guest post from Gail the Actuary at The Oil Drum it is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License) We have all been reading about the blowout ...