Pipeline safety regulators on Monday assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million ...

In past disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the federal government was in charge. But this time, BP - the oil giant that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig - has been designated the “responsible ...

Regulators say the 2023 spill off Louisiana could have been far smaller if risks had been addressed sooner. View on euronews ...

Florida's senators and representatives are right to be indignant about drilling off Florida’s coast — but it shouldn’t stop there.

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration’s proposal to dramatically ramp up offshore oil drilling could lead to 4,232 oil spills, dumping 12.1 million gallons of oil into ocean waters, according to an ...

An oil spill was reported in an oil field near San Ardo in South Monterey County on Friday morning, according to a report handed to the California Office of Emergency Services. At least 130 barrels ...

SEATTLE — The Olympic Pipeline, east of Everett, has had service partially restored after being shut down for more than a week due to an oil leak. This is the third leak the pipeline has had in five ...

Early one morning in March 2010, Captain Gary Jarvis cast a heavyweight line into the Gulf of Mexico from the deck of his 57 foot charter boat, Backdown 2. The sun hadn't yet risen. But bright white ...

NEW YORK/LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - In early May, with its legal options dwindling and investors impatient, BP Plc saw a chance to negotiate what became a $18.7 billion settlement that ended five ...

More sea turtles were killed or injured in the Gulf of Mexico in the months following the BP oil spill than in any similar period during the past two decades, a report released Wednesday found. While ...

Environmental clean-up crews from GrayMar Environmental were contracted by the Washington State Department of Ecology to clean up the oil leak downstream from Priest Rapids Dam just south of the ...