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Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuador's Amazon
Neither the government nor OCP Ecuador have quantified the extent of the spill.
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Neither the government nor OCP Ecuador have quantified the extent of the spill.
The Peruvian government has formed a committee to deal with the crisis.
Dead birds and fish have begun washing up on the shore.
Footage of the inferno went viral over the weekend.
The country’s government is under pressure to explain why the ship was not emptied of its fuel.
Five swans were found covered in oil by local volunteers.
The case was brought before the workplace relations commission.
The spillage caused a number of minor collisions and the closure of a main road.
The accumulation of FOG materials has caused a fatberg in the area, which crews have worked to clear.
The spill is the result of an onshore pipeline leak spewing oil into the ocean for several hours yesterday.
The low oil price is not good news for exploration firms.
People in the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta have suffered thousands of oil spills – which have ruined livelihoods, public health and the environment. Why are they not being listened to? Because oil companies control information about the spills.
The Swiss-based company will pay a mix of criminal penalties and civil fines after settling with the US Government.
The settlement includes about €1 billion in criminal fines – the biggest criminal penalty in US history.
Company doesn’t specify amount of oil spilled but says it is located off New York City.
A land grab for oil and gas reserves is happening in the Arctic states – but the scenario of an oil leak there could be catastrophic for everyone.
The Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989 saw millions of gallons of crude oil spill into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Indian authorities say the ship is toxic.
Engineer who worked on the Deepwater Horizon disaster has been accused of deleting messages relating to
In the wake of the Rena and Concordia disasters, TheJournal.ie takes a look into ship salvaging and the ownership of ‘lost’ cargo.
Rena’s collision with a reef off the New Zealand coast led to a serious environmental disaster in the form of a major oil spill.
The company reports that it has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 per cent, even after making payments to compensate for the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The wreck had been described as New Zealand’s worst maritime environmental disaster even before the rear section of the ship, lashed by pounding seas, broke away overnight.
The first new drilling began in the region in March of this year – and is thriving even after the disastrous BP oil spill.
Chevron is being sued for $10.6 billion over the spillage of almost 3,000 barrels of crude oil of the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
The oil giant’s chief executive has said Q3 results mark a turnaround from the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Anadarko Petroleum Co has agreed to pay $4 billion to BP PLC as part of a settlement related to last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Salvage crews were forced to stop their work for about a week because of severe weather and have a long way to go to clear all 1,400 tons of remaining fuel from the stricken vessel.
The three companies could be fined up to $35,000 per day – but that figure is reportedly dwarfed by their profits.
The captain of the cargo ship that spilled oil off the New Zealand coast has been charged over the incident – which has been described as the country’s biggest maritime environmental disaster.
People have been advised to stay away from the water after the oil spill spreads to a beach in New Zealand. Oil-covered wildlife have been rescued in the area.
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US National Commission investigating April’s Deepwater Horizon rig explosion heavily criticises the companies involved in the rig.