The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 is one of the most notable examples, leading to extensive research on the health effects experienced by workers involved in the response and clean-up efforts.

After crews were able to contain the leak, now environmental groups are working to learn if there was any damage done.

The marine environment might recover after each oil spill incident, but too many of such events would compromise its ability ...

Water rescue crews and first responders were on the scene Monday afternoon following an oil spill at a plant in Lower Burrell ...

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be ...

Scientists in northwest Ontario say they made a breakthrough in the search for a tool to identify the boundaries of ...

Shell reported an oil spill on Tuesday at Ogale, near Port Harcourt, after a saver pit overflowed during flushing operations ...

The Senate has launched an urgent intervention following a catastrophic fire outbreak and oil spillage from Manifold Well ...

Two months ago Enbridge Energy of Canada had a spill of 73,000 gallons of oil, a portion of which reached groundwater, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. This week a prior case against Enbridge is ...

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Crews worked Tuesday to clean what they could of a hydraulic oil spill that happened at the Braeburn ...

Oil spill events may also have harmful effects along the food chain as marine life consumes the oil. While most of the diesel oil may be removed within a few hours by evaporation and dispersion ...