This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...

Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? (Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life.

The House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee on Tuesday unanimously approved the House bill, which received support ...

In Short's view, prior knowledge about oil spills meant that in the Deepwater Horizon spill "you can be quite certain in advance" that the continued application of dispersants on parts of the oil ...

making it the largest accidental marine oil spill in history. This was the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010. This spill created not just environmental aftereffects but also economic consequences ...

In a scene from Deepwater Horizon — a film based on the 2010 offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — the daughter of a technician demonstrates the workings of deepwater oil rigs by jamming a metal ...

When we think of oil spills, the images that come to mind may include seabirds coated in black slime, huge iridescent slicks lapping onto shore and armies of wellington-clad cleaners armed with ...

The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, ...

With one day left to… U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill The Justice ... of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

an oil well on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 people and leaking 134 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It is estimated that the spill harmed or killed ...