A large oil spill in 2011 from a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria, known as the Bonga, was one of the ...

Documents reveal the RMS Niagara shipwreck could cause a $200 million oil spill clean-up. Maritime NZ has recommended a $13.7 million survey to assess the oil risk, but governments have declined.

Documents reveal a World War II era shipwreck could trigger a $200 million oil spill clean up but the government is going against officials' advice to at least do a risk assessment survey. In June ...

Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. He is coauthor of “The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.” ...

A newly released investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency and Earthworks into the workings of Colombia’s largest company, oil and gas giant Ecopetrol, reveals a pattern of ...

Oil contamination from various human activities (such as oil spills from production, transportation, shipping, and storage) and natural events (e.g., natural seepage) has caused significant ...

BUENOS AIRES, Mar 19 2025 (IPS) - For about three years now, Argentines have been hearing almost every month that oil production is breaking new records. Looking ahead, the country is projected to ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. ODESSA, Texas — For retired pastor Columbus Cooper ...

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency amid "unprecedented" damage and to order residents to ration drinking ...

Since the 1940s, over 25 major oil spills have occurred worldwide, with six large spills (>700 tons) and four medium spills (7–700 tons) recorded last year alone. 1 Traditional remediation methods, ...