“State oil and gas regulators need to take emergency action to stop this leak and secure this dangerous well,” said Hollin Kretzmann, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Oil workers have perished in California and elsewhere after falling into sinkholes created by drilling and so-called surface expressions, as the seeps are known the industry.

If the oil were to pop a new hole in the seafloor, we would see pressure plunge. Though, of course, by then it would be too late. When the cap test began, the hope was that pressure would rise to ...

No details were given on the size or exact location of the seep, or what it was made of — crude oil, methane, natural gases or hydrocarbons. But the prospect is ominous.

The Kuwait Oil Company declared a "state of emergency" Monday over an oil spill on land, in an incident decried by environmental activists as a "recurring problem" in the energy-rich Gulf state.The ...

The BP oil seep now being witnessed on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, along with conflicting messages from BP and the federal government, spell an uncertain future for the capped well.

Now that oil has stopped flowing from BP's blown out Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, a "seep" of undetermined size and nature has been detected within two miles of the cap. Whether that means ...

The source of an oil sheen near Platform Holly off the coast of Goleta remains under investigation, according to the California Office of Spill Prevention. No paywalls. No subscriptions.

The deep seabed was once considered a biological desert. Life, ... Now, in the wake of the oil disaster, many seep researchers have voiced strong concern about the threat to the dark ecosystems.

A Los Angeles wildlife-rescue group says natural crude-oil seepage in the Santa Barbara Channel has led to an unusual number of seabirds coated in oil and tar. The ocean-bottom leaks afflict birds ...

The Keystone oil pipeline has been shut down after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of thousands of gallons of crude oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. Full Episode Thursday, Jul 3 ...

Twenty-five years ago, as the United States-led coalition started driving out Iraqi forces from Kuwait, Saddam Hussein’s troops responded by setting ablaze hundreds of oil wells, creating one of ...