Advances in nanotechnology may provide solutions to oil spill cleanups in coastal regions that are more effective, safer and work much faster than current methods, according to a new paper.

Oil theft cases further increased in 2023 to 1,046 incidents representing 90 per cent of 1,162 total oil spill cases. Similarly, 18,747 barrels of oil, representing 2.9m litres, got wasted.

SINGAPORE – The marine environment might recover after each oil spill incident, but too many of such events would compromise its ability to do so, said marine scientists. Singapore has had at ...

Shell Nigeria on Tuesday, reported an oil spill from its facility in Ogale, close to Port Harcourt, following the overflow of a saver pit during flushing operations in the Niger Delta region. This is ...

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be significant. This is especially true for the world's Arctic region ...

Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the Black Sea in recent history. Russia has formed a new government commission to ...

SaharaReporters learnt that the oil spill was reported on Monday evening and blamed on suspected equipment failure from the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria. A crude oil spill ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab reported an oil spill on Tuesday at Ogale, near Port Harcourt, after a saver pit overflowed during flushing operations in the ...

They assumed they had insurance coverage in the event of an oil spill, but were shocked to discover they didn't. Neevin Clow said the Waites' story left him worried about what kind of coverage he ...

An oil spill in Nigeria's delta region has caused a fire that is yet to be contained. A subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited blames the spill on oil thieves. Accidents are ...

For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles ...