When oil enters ocean water, it can harm marine life ... to inspect all pipelines after October's spill. For this latest leak, Shell activated containment measures within hours.

Even before plunging to the ocean’s depths, the vessel had been leaking heavy fuel that triggered an 18-mile oil slick through the waterway, which is critical for cargo and energy shipments ...

Coast Guard Crews investigated reports of tar balls from Port Everglades to Palm Beach along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

Since then, substantial quantities of oil and gas have leaked from the damaged wellhead into the deep ocean. The US government's present estimate of the leak rate is 20 to 40 thousand barrels of ...

SINGAPORE – All fuel pipes at the Police Coast Guard’s (PCG) three other bases are also being checked for leaks, following the Feb 5 oil leak incident at its Brani Regional Base, the police ...

Carrying oil and various wartime chemicals ... Experts warn of a possible domino effect should these substances leak into the ocean. The contaminants could enter the food chain, affecting fish ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. But the real danger lies underground — where oil, salt, and toxic ...

In a joint statement, the Singapore Police Force, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and National Environment Agency said on Feb 6 that the oil leak was discovered at 11.40am on Feb 5 ...

Uruguay's State-run oil company Ancap reported Tuesday a leak in an oil pipeline around the Biarritz (kilometer 71) on Costa de Oro in the department (province) of Canelones. The spill reached the ...