Oil spills are a major environmental threat that can damage natural resources, impact delicate aquatic habitats and ecosystems, as well as disrupt the economy. A prompt and effective oil spill ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 15-- ExxonMobil Corp., on behalf of Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC), awarded a front-end engineering design contract to Technip for containment equipment to be used on wells in as ...

If BP's Macondo well blowout happened today, oil companies say they would be far better prepared to respond than they were a year ago. One reason sits in an out-of-the-way fabrication yard in ...

ExxonMobil yesterday commissioned a brand new capping stack to be housed here, saying it is demonstrative of its commitment to address any offshore spill eventualities, although it hopes to never have ...

Production has been booming for Slickbar Products Corp. since the April 20 explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which has spilled 18 million to 39 million gallons of ...

Small oil production and storage facilities often overlook their obligations to develop and implement oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans. These requirements have been issued ...

For those unavoidable times when spills do occur, work areas that contain hazardous chemicals should have a properly labeled chemical spill response kit. From Portland to Pittsburgh, from the Arctic ...

The Coast Guard has ramped up efforts to contain diesel fuel leaking from a partially submerged tugboat in Oregon Inlet. The spill has not appeared to affect any wildlife in Oregon Inlet, according to ...

SALISBURY — The state Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded Salisbury a Marine Oil Spill Response Trailer in its efforts to reduce the damage petroleum spills have on the environment ...

NEW ORLEANS (WWL-TV)— Highly anticipated and controversial cleanup operations will begin this week at a 15-year-long oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Wednesday. A Taylor ...