Blaze Erupts on Aussie Oil Rig
A massive blaze has erupted from an oil rig in the Timor Sea off northwest Australia. The fire was sparked as workers battled to plug an undersea leak that has spewed 400 barrels of oil a day for the...
View ArticleGovernment Wants James Cameron's Help With Oil Spill
The top kill didn't work, so the government apparently figured, what the heck, let's call James Cameron! Yes, James Cameron of Titanic and Avatar fame is among the experts who met yesterday to...
View ArticleFeds Alarmed by Gulf Seepage
The new discovery of seepage near the plugged BP well has alarmed federal officials who have warned the company to rigorously monitor the seabed. BP must be prepared to reopen the well immediately if...
View Article840,000 Gallons of Oil Leak Into Michigan River
A pipeline that normally sends oil from Griffith, Indiana, to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, sprang a leak Monday. What started in a small tributary has now reached the Kalamazoo River, and the oil—about...
View ArticleBoat Hits Well, Triggers New Gulf Oil Leak
A tow boat struck an abandoned well off the coast of Louisiana today, sending a plume of oil and gas into the air. Crews are at the site, near Mud Lake, and expect to have it under control today. Booms...
View ArticleQantas Discovers Oil Leaks in Airbus Engines
Qantas airlines will keep its fleet of Airbus A380s on the ground for at least three more days, after discovering oil leaks in three different planes’ engines. The leaks turned up as the Australian...
View ArticleLeak Shuts Alaska Pipeline, Oil Prices Jump
Oil prices jumped this morning just two days after a major leak forced the shutdown of the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline. North Slope oil flow was reduced by 95% after the leak was discovered at a...
View ArticleAlaska Pipeline to Start Up Again
Oil will begin flowing once more through the trans-Alaska pipeline, which has been shut down since Saturday . Approval was given yesterday for an “interim restart” of the 800-mile line, which will...
View ArticleKeystone Pipeline Leaks Thousands of Gallons of Oil Into S. Dakota
The Keystone pipeline sprung a leak Saturday, and TransCanada was slightly off in its original estimate of how much oil spilled into Hutchinson County, South Dakota—by about 9,000% or so. CNN reports...
View ArticleDakota Access Pipeline Hits a Milestone: Its First Leak
Eighty-four gallons of oil may not be a huge amount, but that amount leaking out of the Dakota Access pipeline in April isn't reassuring those who've long protested it. Per NBC News , the leak was...
View ArticleGovernment Wants James Cameron's Help With Oil Spill
The top kill didn't work, so the government apparently figured, what the heck, let's call James Cameron! Yes, James Cameron of Titanic and Avatar fame is among the experts who met yesterday to...
View ArticleFeds Alarmed by Gulf Seepage
The new discovery of seepage near the plugged BP well has alarmed federal officials who have warned the company to rigorously monitor the seabed. BP must be prepared to reopen the well immediately if...
View Article840,000 Gallons of Oil Leak Into Michigan River
A pipeline that normally sends oil from Griffith, Indiana, to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, sprang a leak Monday. What started in a small tributary has now reached the Kalamazoo River, and the oil—about...
View ArticleBoat Hits Well, Triggers New Gulf Oil Leak
A tow boat struck an abandoned well off the coast of Louisiana today, sending a plume of oil and gas into the air. Crews are at the site, near Mud Lake, and expect to have it under control today. Booms...
View ArticleQantas Discovers Oil Leaks in Airbus Engines
Qantas airlines will keep its fleet of Airbus A380s on the ground for at least three more days, after discovering oil leaks in three different planes’ engines. The leaks turned up as the Australian...
View ArticleLeak Shuts Alaska Pipeline, Oil Prices Jump
Oil prices jumped this morning just two days after a major leak forced the shutdown of the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline. North Slope oil flow was reduced by 95% after the leak was discovered at a...
View ArticleAlaska Pipeline to Start Up Again
Oil will begin flowing once more through the trans-Alaska pipeline, which has been shut down since Saturday . Approval was given yesterday for an “interim restart” of the 800-mile line, which will...
View ArticleKeystone Pipeline Leaks Thousands of Gallons of Oil Into S. Dakota
The Keystone pipeline sprung a leak Saturday, and TransCanada was slightly off in its original estimate of how much oil spilled into Hutchinson County, South Dakota—by about 9,000% or so. CNN reports...
View ArticleDakota Access Pipeline Hits a Milestone: Its First Leak
Eighty-four gallons of oil may not be a huge amount, but that amount leaking out of the Dakota Access pipeline in April isn't reassuring those who've long protested it. Per NBC News , the leak was...
View Article'The Ship Is Showing Really Big, Big Cracks'
A Japanese ship carrying thousands of tons of oil ran aground in one of the worst possible places: a coral reef in a formerly pristine sanctuary for rare wildlife in Mauritius. More than 1,000 tons of...
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