Mauritius Seeks Compensation from Owners of Cargo Vessel After Massive Oil Spill August 12, 2020 By Kamlesh Bhuckory Mauritius is seeking compensation from the owners of the cargo carrier that run aground and spilled oil off its coast,...
Oil Leak from Cargo Ship Pollutes Mauritius Beaches as Insurers Assess Liability August 11, 2020 By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shiho Takezawa The oil cleanup from a leaking cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Mauritius continues while the government...
Overturned Tanker Yields Large Oil Spill Near California Dam, Cleanup Needed March 25, 2020 A tanker truck overturned down an embankment, spilling up to 6,000 gallons of crude oil into a river that flows...
Pipeline Owner Agrees to Pay $60M in 2015 California Spill March 16, 2020 The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015...
Greek Tanker Manager Denies Connection to Oil Leak Tarring Brazil’s Beaches November 4, 2019 The manager of an oil tanker being probed by Brazilian authorities in connection with an oil spill off the country’s...
Shell Units Sued in U.K. over Massive Nigerian Oil Spill in 2011 October 9, 2019 By Ellen Milligan Two Royal Dutch Shell Plc units were sued over their involvement in one of the largest oil spills in Nigeria’s...
Norway’s Equinor Still Gauging Extent of Oil Spill at Bahamas Terminal After Dorian October 8, 2019 Norway’s Equinor is still assessing the devastation and level of pollution at its oil terminal in the Bahamas, one month...
Wind Could Spread Oil Leak from Pertamina’s Undersea Well in Indonesia July 29, 2019 By Yoga Rusmana and Eko Listiyorini Wind is threatening to spread a growing 52-mile (84-kilometer) oil sheen in Indonesia from an undersea well that began leaking...
California Regulators Say Chevron Not Doing Enough to Stop Oil Spill July 16, 2019 California regulators say Chevron has not done enough to stop a massive oil spill that dumped about 800,000 gallons of...
Exxon Mobil Settling Montana Oil Spill for $1M June 6, 2019 A judge has approved an agreement for Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $1.05 million to settle federal pollution violations over...