Oil Spill

Kuwait desert oil spill sparks 'state of emergency'

The emergency followed an 'oil leak in the west of the country', the state-owned company said in a statement, as video posted by Kuwaiti media showed a gushing pipe surrounded by a large slick of oil

Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down US-Canada Keystone pipeline

In 2019, the Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in eastern North Dakota in the US

United Nations urges donor nations for $80 million to prevent ecological disaster off the Yemen coast

The money will be used for an emergency operation to remove a million barrels of crude oil from a tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen since 1988 that could explode or leak causing a major environmental disaster in the Red Sea and beyond

Peru declares environmental emergency on coastal area hit by oil spill caused by volcanic eruption

The oil spill near Lima has fouled beaches, killed birds and harmed the fishing and tourism industries

World Oceans Day 2021: Deepwater Horizon was a pivoting point for this oceanographer

Samantha Joye specializes in the unique metabolisms of marine bacteria and they can be leveraged to clean up spills.

Sri Lanka indicts Greek skipper of fire-stricken tanker for causing oil spill, not reporting environmental damage

Steiros Ilas Kardany, who is currently in Sri Lanka, was charged under the two counts that carry a maximum penalty of 20 million rupees ($108,000)

Stricken Japanese ship behind devastating Mauritius oil spill successfully sunk in open ocean

Officials have yet to reveal why the ship, which was making its way from Singapore to Brazil, came so close to the island.

Soot-free 'blue whirl' flame recreated by researchers that could be handy in cleaning up oil spills

This phenomenon was first discovered in 2016 and the blue whirl is actually the result of three different types of flames merging into one.

Mauritius Oil Spill: Volunteers plug leak from massive damaged ship; residents brace for 'worst case scenario', ecological impact to follow

Clean-up crews, volunteers are scrambling to contain the ecological disaster, with further damage to the ship expected due to bad weather.

Ten years after Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, marine wildlife struggles to recover

The explosion killed 11 workers and spewed an estimated 795 million litres of oil before it was capped 87 days later.