The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the...

pumps, oil dispersants, skimmers, absorbent materials, and other specialized oil containment and recovery equipment. Oil Spill Response Limited, which...

An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form...

list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one...

The Torrey Canyon oil spill was one of the world's most serious oil spills. The supertanker SS Torrey Canyon ran aground on rocks off the south-west coast...

Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances...

The Kalamazoo River oil spill occurred in July 2010 when a pipeline operated by Enbridge (Line 6B) burst and flowed into Talmadge Creek, a tributary of...

on-board vessels presents several environmental concerns, namely the risk of oil spill and the emission of toxic compounds and particulates including black carbon...

The Refugio oil spill on May 19, 2015, contaminated one of the most biologically diverse areas of the West Coast of the United States with 142,800 U.S...

fire-extinguishing planes to help put out the fire in the Tüpraş Oil refinery. Oil Spill Response Limited was activated by BP and deployed from the United Kingdom...

Following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for July 2010 . July 1 Total estimated discharge since the start reaches 140,600,000 US gallons...

000 m3) of crude oil making it the largest marine oil spill. Both the spill and the cleanup efforts had effects on the environment. The oil spill was called...

The Montara oil spill was an oil and gas leak and subsequent slick that took place in the Montara oil field in the Timor Sea, off the northern coast of...

within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico waters, while cooperatives like Oil Spill Response Limited offer support for international operations. On Sep. 30, 1966,...

George H. W. Bush. It works to avoid oil spills from vessels and facilities by enforcing removal of spilled oil and assigning liability for the cost of...

The Cosco Busan oil spill occurred at 08:30 UTC-8 on 7 November 2007 between San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which 53,569 US gal (202,780 L)...

covers the effect of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the resulting oil spill on global and national economies and the energy industry. Weeks after...

opened an investigation into the oil spill on June 25, 2015. Companies are required to report to the National Response Center on the release of hazardous-material...

prevention of, and response to, subsea well-control incidents when immediate shut-in isn't possible. SWRP selected Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) to organize...

Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA). Since 2011, 1,010 oil spills with an overall sum of 110,535 barrels, or 17.5 million liters, of oil...

An oil skimmer is a device that is designed to remove oil floating on a liquid surface. They are commonly used to recover oil from oil spills in water...

The Prudhoe Bay oil spill (2006 Alaskan oil spill) was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006, at a pipeline owned by BP Exploration, Alaska...

The 2010 Port Arthur oil spill was the result of a collision between two vessels in the Sabine-Neches Waterway at Port Arthur, Texas on January 23, 2010...

The Mobil Nigeria oil spill occurred in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, on 12 January 1998, when a pipeline in Mobil's Idoho platform burst underwater, sending...

in response to the spill, along with an additional spill in Romeoville, Illinois later that year. This settlement included $110 million in spill prevention...

com. Retrieved on 2010-10-27. "Spill Response - Dispersants". International Tanker Operators Pollution Federation Limited. Archived from the original on...

structural failure, resulting in her bow sheering off and the spilling of 10,000 tons of oil off Nova Scotia, Canada. The cause of the accident was blamed...

Corexit (often styled COREXIT) is a product line of oil dispersants used during oil spill response operations. It is produced by Nalco Holding Company...

Oil spill governance in the United States is governed by federal law. The governance framework for oil spills in the United States prior to the Oil Pollution...

The MT Castillo de Bellver oil spill began on 6 August 1983, when the Spanish tanker caught on fire off Saldanha Bay, approximately 70 miles northwest...