Another oil spill occurred in Kuwaiti national waters.

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) announced the containment of the oil spill that occurred off Kuwait’s southern coast.

A spokesman for the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) claimed significant progress in removing the oil from last week’s oil spill off Kuwait’s southern coast.

BP reported that its profit for the second quarter of 2016 has dropped by 44% to $720m, compared with $1.3b for the second quarter of 2015.

Egypt's Environment Ministry's committee reported that crude oil slicks in the Red Sea region of Gabal al-Zeit, were already floating over 6 km in the seas off northeastern Hurghada. In cooperation with the nature-reserve officials, the committee has conducted a survey to determine the path and the movement of the spills in order to contain the situation.

An oil spill has leaked over 29,000 gallons, or 700 barrels, of crude from a pipeline into a canyon in Ventura County, California. The spilled oil is expected to have flowed for at least a quarter-mile in the canyon, but never reached the surrounding beaches as it got contained in a lengthy ravine.

The Ibeno community of Akwa-Ibom state, a host to ExxonMobil, has given the oil major one week ultimatum to clean up the latest alleged oil spill from its facilities or face sanctions in the area.

BP has agreed to pay $175m to settle claims that it deceived shareholders by underplaying the severity of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Their claim was based on the allegation that BP publicly “lowballed” the amount of oil flowing from its Macondo well.

An oil spill from Royal Dutch Shell’s offshore Brutus platform has released 2,100 barrels of crude oil (88,200 gallons) into the US Gulf of Mexico.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) is intensifying efforts to recover from oil spill at the Forcados Terminal export pipeline that occurred on 14th February.