The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assisting with cleanup efforts after an oil spill March 6 in Whitehouse.Officials ...

Clean up continues and some areas remain closed in the Village of Whitehouse Monday. This is following a hydraulic oil spill, ...

When oil spills occur, the first step is to control the source, "whether that be a ship, pipeline, or leaking well", says Doug Helton, regional supervisor of the emergency response division at ...

A major rescue and oil spill containment operation is underway in the North Sea after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ...

The Dutch seafarers are on trial over the collision involving the 29,900-gt Vox Maxima (built 2009), which struck the ...

WildCare Oklahoma responded to a report of a oil spill in the Duck Pond on OU’s campus Monday, collecting eight ducks for ...

Global compensation body says urgent checks needed for insurance status of vessels suspected of being behind spills ...

July 5, 2010 – Authorities report that tar balls linked to the oil spill have reached the shores of Texas. July 10, 2010 – BP removes an old containment cap from the well so a new one can be ...

On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on British Petroleum’s offshore drilling rig (a machine that drills holes into the earth’s surface to drill oil and construct wells) in the Gulf of ...

A cargo ship crashed into an oil tanker off the UK’s east coast, causing fires, a jet-fuel spill, and leaving one person ...

A local port or harbour authority, which often has its own counter-pollution equipment, has a duty to respond within areas they control, sometimes with the help of an oil spill response contractor.

A new study published by Oman’s Environment Authority (EA) in the prestigious Pollution Study Journal has raised concerns ...