More than half the world's sanctioned oil vessels run the risk of causing serious environmental harm, the Financial Times (FT ...

D uring the first Gulf war in 1991, Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait deliberately opened the taps of oil tankers, terminals and ...

Crews continue cleanup efforts after a ruptured pipeline sent crude oil into the L.A. River and threatened wildlife.

Maritime intelligence firm detects a second suspected oil slick near Iran's Kharg Island as a larger spill moves toward Saudi Arabian waters.

Volunteers try to clean up oil pollution after Ukrainian strikes on a refinery in the Russian Black Sea town of Tuapse, a key oil-processing and export hub.

An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that soiled beaches, killed wildlife and sparked outrage from environmental groups was caused by a leaky pipeline owned by state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, the ...

State documents show a contractor has recovered dozens of oil-covered and injured animals after the Smitty’s Supply Inc. environmental disaster in Tangipahoa Parish. Several others were found dead on ...

State and federal officials are investigating a small oil spill in the Kennebec River in Clinton. The spill covered up to a mile of shoreline.

A pipeline rupture in East Los Angeles early Friday morning resulted in a crude oil spill, according to officials.

A mysterious attack on an Iranian oil refinery during the Iran war caused an oil spill that affected a nearby Persian Gulf ...

On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in North America. Within hours, black crude oil was spreading across the icy ...