Kuwait - Oil Spill Reported Off Ras al-Zour Area Another oil spill was reported on September 19 in the Ras al-Zour area, where the Kuwait National Petroleum Company is building the Middle East’s largest refinery. This is the latest in…
Bacteria more effective on oil spills without dispersants, study finds EDINBURGH, UK – Heriot-Watt University claims to have cracked the genetic code of the marine bacteria that helped “eat” the oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon. Dr. Tony Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Microbiology at…
Taiwan's efforts to prevent ship oil spill A salvage operation has been launched to drain the tank of a cargo ship grounded off the coast of Taiwan and leaking oil. Taiwan has launched a salvage operation to drain the tank…
After nearly two weeks, emergency teams finally extinguished several oil well fires that were sparked by a deadly platform blaze in the Azerbaijani portion of the Caspian Sea. A spokesman for state-owned SOCAR told the AFP that all the fires…
On December 13, a satellite imagery of the disaster area was conducted. According to satellite images, the area of the oil spill after the accident on the "Guneshli" field in the Caspian Sea continues to grow, according to satellite images,…
Exxon Mobil Corporation has suspended oil production at three of its offshore platforms. The company has been forced to take the decision following the shutdown of a pipeline that leaked about 101,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast.…
The cost of cleaning up last month's oil spill that fouled beaches along the California coast has reached $62 million, the pipeline company said Wednesday. Patrick Hodgins, the Plains All American Pipeline’s on-scene coordinator, told The Associated Press that costs…
JUNEAU, Alaska, March 2 (Reuters) - Investigators are reviewing the cause of an oil production pipeline breach on Alaska's North Slope where upwards of 4,000 gallons (15,100 liters) of fluid spilled, state officials said on Monday. The production facility is…
GLENDIVE, Mont. (AP) — Truckloads of drinking water were being shipped to the eastern Montana city of Glendive on Monday after traces of a major oil spill along the Yellowstone River were detected in public water supplies, raising concerns about…
BP Plc will face a maximum fine of $13.7 billion under the Clean Water Act for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, several billion dollars less than feared, after a judge ruled that it was smaller than the US government…
