A Singapore-flagged cargo ship carrying oil went ablaze in early June, and the potential consequences and losses are still ...

Because oil is lighter than water, it rises through the ocean after spills, which are usually caused by leaking underwater pipelines or sometimes by natural processes.

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

The oil spill has traveled over 150 miles west of the island of Tobago in the days since a barge wrecked on a reef and began leaking oil into the ocean.

Local authorities urged to step up coastal surveillance and prepare communities for possible navigational or shoreline hazards: INCOIS statement ...

A 26-year-old oil tanker that’s moving fuel for Russia drifted for two days in a busy shipping lane in the Indian Ocean, drawing the attention of industry watchers and maritime safety officials.

Kenya is stepping up its efforts to protect the region’s marine environment with a large-scale oil spill simulation exercise taking place in Mombasa this week.The five-day Maritime Search and ...

Indian authorities are working to contain an oil spill after a cargo ship sank off the west coast, releasing marine fuel and hazardous materials.

Massive California oil spill was reported Friday. But nobody told the millions who went to the beaches.

Runoff from cities, cars and highways is the main source of oil in the ocean, while oil spills are the third largest contributor, finds a National Academies "Oil in the Sea" report. UC Davis' Oiled ...

Monday marks 10 years since the Refugio Beach oil spill off Santa Barbara County and that same pipeline that burst could soon be reopening.

The surface area of the ocean affected by the oil spill exceeded 700 hectares (1,730 acres), according to Peru’s Environmental Evaluation and Enforcement Agency (OEFA in Spanish).