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Crews have deployed oil-soaking booms in Swan Creek to control the flow and closed the nearby Wabash Cannonball Trail for safety.

John “Jack” Reed spent 20 years and 25 days as a physical oceanographer for the U.S. Coast Guard, and one of the major ...

What remains Britain's worst ever oil spill killed more than 15,000 sea birds ... In the bungled clean-up operation, a 'detergent' chemical called BP 1002 was sprayed over affected areas of ...

After the BP Deep Horizon oil spill, hundreds of skimmers were used to scoop up oil from the water's surface. However, these proved much less effective than expected and only recovered about three ...

One person is still missing after a container ship carrying toxic sodium cyanide crashed into an oil tanker transporting jet fuel for the US military in the North Sea on Monday, sparking multiple ...

US hedge fund Elliott is demanding BP sell off its petrol stations as it embarks on an aggressive campaign to improve the performance of the oil giant. The BP board is braced for a string of ...

Unlike other spills, we may not see birds, other species, or habitats drenched in oil. But this still has the ... But the size of the spill, weather conditions, sea currents, water waves and ...

By Elodie Toto In January, U.K. oil giant BP announced it had started producing gas from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) ...

James Hayward was sentenced to more than two years' jail after being found guilty in 2023 of indecently touching and showing pornography to an eight-year-old But he was released from jail after ...

Things like the wind, waves and currents affect how an oil spill spreads in the sea. Scientists can draw up computer models to simulate how the oil could behave. Thirdly, it matters how quickly ...