Tag: Oil spills
Tanker hit by Houthi rebels that threatened a Red Sea oil spill has been salvaged
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels...
Nigerian agency 'failed completely' to clean up oil damage despite funding, leaked files say
As it passed above the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite took an image. It showed acres of land, scraped bare. The site,...
A race is on to clean up shorelines off Crimea after tons of oil spills from damaged Russian ships
Cleanup continued in the Kerch Strait near Russian-occupied Crimea on Sunday, a week after at least 3,700 tons of low-grade fuel oil spilled...
Enbridge pipeline spills 70,000 gallons of oil in Wisconsin
OAKLAND, Wis. -- Roughly 70000 gallons (264,978 litres) of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin, officials said.The problem was...
Salvagers launch new attempt to tow an oil tanker blown up by Yemen's Houthi rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A new attempt has begun to try to salvage an oil tanker burning in the Red Sea after...
Houthi video shows the Yemeni rebels planted bombs on tanker now threatening Red Sea oil spill
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Yemen's Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker,...