In the largest environmental settlement in the US history, oil and gas giant BP will pay over $20b to the American government over damages caused by an rig explosion and oil spill on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mex ...
A Forte Oil's fuel tanker fell off the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos bursting into flames as its content spilled and burnt down four houses and five vehicles.
The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) released a statement late Monday announcing the discovery of an oil spill in the Al-Bouhiya Canal near Al Sinbellawin, in the delta governorate of Dakahlia.
A federal judge refused on Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit that environmental groups filed against a New Orleans-based company responsible for a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
Lawmakers are set to probe a federal agency’s oversight of U.S. pipelines after a crude spill near the southern California coast highlighted the government’s delays implementing congressionally mandated safeguards.
Russia’s environmental watchdog has opened a case against state-owned oil corporation Rosneft after a pipeline leak resulted in oily water filling backyards and flowing out of locals’ taps in Siberia.
BP shares are down 2.13% to $40.47 in afternoon trading on Monday after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from oil giant concerning fines that the company will be liable for in the wake of the 2010 Gulf of ...
Justices let stand a lower court ruling that said the owners of the blown-out Macondo well could not avoid federal fines for the spill by blaming another company's failed equipment.