An oil spill has occurred at the Shell loading terminal in Nigeria's Delta region after a pipeline ruptured, Nigeria's maritime agency said on Sunday.

A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday (December 15), ...

Officials say roughly 70,000 gallons of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin. The problem was discovered ...

Environmental groups say the oil could have a devastating impact on marine life in the area.

Line 6 is a 465-mile (748.3-kilometer) pipeline carrying crude oil from Superior, Wisconsin, to a terminal near Griffith, Indiana, according to a company map. Critics noted the spill was ...

Twenty African countries have outlined priority areas for action to strengthen oil spill preparedness and response in the ...

Massive oil spill from a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items daily from ...