A reduction in natural seeps is occurring off the coast of Coal Oil Point, and this is directly related to oil and natural gas production from Platform Holly.

New oil spill lingo: seep. Time to get worried? Not until we know whether they're new or old, big or small.

BP settles while Macondo ‘seeps’ As BP pays billions in settlements, scientists are concerned about a persistent oil seep near the Macondo 252 well.

Scientists have discovered an environmental upside of oil — tiny plankton that thrive in the water above natural oil seeps.

California oil-seekers have long chased tar balls and oil slicks to determine where to drill. Now, scientists are using seabed seeps of oil and gas to learn more about climate.

Some marine life thrives on oil bubbling up naturally from the seabed even though it cannot cope with giant single leaks like from BP's <BP.L> ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, experts ...

What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers from the Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg have investigated the composition of ...

Researchers are deeply concerned about what the BP oil spill means for the creatures flourishing in the dark, frigid ecosystems known as cold seeps.

Oil spotted off Newfoundland's Shoal Point in June likely came from an abandoned well casing, according to a report commissioned by the Canadian province.

Natural oil seeps: Dissolved organic matter may persist in deep sea for thousands of years by Ulrike Prange, MARUM - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften an der Universität Bremen ...