Controversial offshore drilling was restarted near the Santa Barbara coastline as lingering memories of previous oil spills in the area prompted concern.

Oceanic oil spills are one of the worst events humanity can inflict upon the natural world. Whether it's from an oil rig's mishap or deliberate wartime actions, oil being dumped into the ocean can ...

Sophie Mongalvy of the American Foreign Press is reporting that authorities are rushing to clean up Nigeria’s worst oil spill in recent history, before the crude reaches the West African nation’s ...

It's been two years since the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 rig workers and unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history. The oil has long stopped flowing and BP spent ...

The Deepwater Horizon, which still rests at the bottom of the Gulf, was under lease by BP at the time of the Macondo disaster ...

Oil spills have a new whirlwind solution. Disasters like Exxon Valdez in 1989 and Deepwater Horizon in 2010 are difficult to clean up after and can cause catastrophic ecological damage — and there are ...

If you thought the BP oil disaster in the Gulf region was the worst oil spill in the history of the world, think again. It is being reported that foreign oil companies spill more than 1.5 million tons ...

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The Gulf Research Program (GRP) will host a workshop series to bring together representatives from Alaska and the Gulf Coast region to share experiences, knowledge, strategies, and best practices to ...