The geyser caved in and sealed itself on Sept. 9, 1911. Gulf War One of the largest oil spills in history was a strategic war maneuver employed by Iraqi forces in 1991. To halt advancing American ...

According to Defenders of Wildlife, a US NGO, an oil spill in Alaska's North Slope could be the largest crude oil spill since drilling began in the area 30 years ago – second in Alaska only to the ...

The MV Sounion is still intact, but may not be for long, and should it sink it could lead to one of the largest oil spills in ...

Scientists plan to use what they learn to help restore communities harmed by the Deepwater Horizon oil ... largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years and the biggest in the system’s ...

Keystone oil spill in Kansas is largest in pipeline’s history, federal data shows An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas this week is the largest for an onshore crude pipeline in more ...

But the impacts are equally impressive. In March a corroded BP pipeline caused the largest oil spill in North Slope history—estimated at more than 200,000 gallons —one of hundreds of spills ...

It was the largest oil spill in the pipeline’s 13-year history—larger than the previous 22 spills combined. And it could have been prevented. According to a government-mandated investigation into the ...

the largest oil spill in the country since 2006.Days later, two more fuel tankers sank off the coast of a neighbouring town… Investigators have placed a Cyprus-registered containership in their ...

A major quake could liquefy soil under the CEI Hub and unleash the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Multnomah County’s ...

Oil giants BP and Shell are starting to struggle amid a glut of black gold. And growth in demand looks likely to slow ...

It is thought to be one of the largest oil spills in the state's recent history, according to the Associated Press news agency. Authorities are now attempting to contain the oil by using ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... With some of the world's largest container ships to berth at ...