Salvage complete of tanker at center of oil spill scare after being hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm said Friday. The MV Sounion tanker had been a disaster-in-waiting in the waterway,
New oil spill detected in Black Sea from stricken Russian tanker
Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken Russian tanker in the Black Sea on Friday, said officials in Moscow, as Ukraine warned of "terrible environmental consequences" from the spill.By trying to "conceal the terrible environmental consequences" Moscow had left the entire Black Sea region vulnerable to the fallout,
Oil tanker struck by Yemen's Houthi rebels that threatened massive Red Sea spill 'successfully' salvaged, firm says
Oil tanker struck by Yemen's Houthi rebels that threatened massive Red Sea spill 'successfully' salvaged, firm says.
Tanker hit by Yemen rebels that threatened Red Sea spill has been salvaged
The Sounion had been a disaster in waiting in the waterway, with 1 million barrels of crude oil aboard that had been struck and later sabotaged with explosives by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
Salvage of oil tanker damaged in Houthi attack completed
The recovery of the oil tanker Sounion, which was attacked and badly damaged by the Yemeni Houthi militia in the Red Sea last year, has been successfully completed, according to a security service provider.
Black Sea oil spill widens, Russian authorities say
Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have detected seven new slicks, a Russian official told ...
Island family hit with $345,000 bill from P.E.I. government after oil spill
An Island couple has been handed a $345,915 environmental cleanup bill from the P.E.I. government, more than a year after a ...
Dozens of dolphins and other marine mammals found dead after massive oil tanker spill in Russia
An animal rescue group said 61 dead cetaceans - an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins - had been ...
Putin Criticises Oil Spill Cleanup, Weeks After It Began
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticised the clean up of a major oil spill in the Black Sea and created a new task force to take over the operation, almost four weeks after the spill ...
IRS Beats Insurer in Bankruptcy Appeal Over BP Oil Spill Payout
The Internal Revenue Service has priority over a $1 million payout received by a Florida staffing company from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement, outstripping the bankruptcy claim of an ...
Russia-appointed officials in Crimea declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol
Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency after oil was detected on the coast ...
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Oil spill in Kerch Strait after two Russian oil tankers seriously damaged in storm
Russian officials confirmed the oil spill, but said that experts were still working to assess its full impact and extent. The Kerch Strait separates the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula from ...
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Enbridge Line 6 oil spill raises alarm over Line 5 reroute risks, environmentalists warn
News that a Canadian-owned pipeline had what is considered the largest oil spill in Wisconsin history last month has raised concerns about another of the company's lines, which runs through the ...
Clean-up Operation Launched On Beaches Of The Black Sea Following Oil Spill
Emergency workers clean up the beaches of the Black Sea in southern Russia following an oil spill which occured on December 15. Russia's Delfa centre, which rescues and provides rehabilitation for ...
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Government agency investigates another major oil spill at Shell facility in Nigeria: 'Would be unconscionable for Shell to pack up ... without cleaning up its mess'
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency works to ensure oil companies are complying with government regulations.