Nation Jul 12 Keystone Pipeline system's operator agrees to pay $26.9M penalty over major Kansas oil spill By John Hanna, Associated Press
World Aug 29 Video shows Houthi rebels planted bombs on tanker, putting Red Sea at risk of major oil spill Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
Nation Jun 16 Watch 1:54 News Wrap: Summer activities erupt in violence with shootings in two states In our news wrap Sunday, shootings in Texas and Michigan left two people dead and 15 wounded, Russian state media says security forces stormed a detention center after prisoners took two guards hostage, and an oil spill at one of…
World Jun 26 Shell pipeline oil spill contaminates farming, fishing communities in a long-polluted part of Nigeria While spills are frequent in the region, activists call this "one of the worst in the last 16 years."… By Taiwo Adebayo, Associated Press
Nation May 18 Wisconsin tribe asks court to shut down Enbridge pipeline due to oil spill risk Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe argued Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land. By Harm Venhuizen, Associated Press
Dec 22 $475 million settlement proposed in longest-running U.S. oil spill By Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press Sixteen wells off Louisiana have been leaking since September 2004, when a subsea mudslide caused by Hurricane Ivan knocked over a Taylor Energy Co. production platform. Continue reading
Oct 17 Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipeline By Matthew Brown, Associated Press A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the Panama-registered MSC DANIT just hours after the massive ship arrived this weekend off the Port of Long Beach, the same area where the leak… Continue reading
Oct 14 Coast Guard says California oil spill likely 25,000 gallons By Amy Taxin, Associated Press The amount of crude oil spilled in an offshore pipeline leak in Southern California is believed to be close to 25,000 gallons, or only about one-fifth of what officials initially feared, a Coast Guard official said Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 11 Southern California beach set to reopen after oil spill By Amy Taxin, Associated Press City and state beaches in Huntington Beach will reopen after water quality tests revealed no detectable levels of oil associated toxins in the ocean water. Continue reading
Oct 06 WATCH: Officials give update on California oil spill By Associated Press Some of the crude oil that spilled from a pipeline into the waters off Southern California has been breaking up naturally in ocean currents, a Coast Guard official said Wednesday as authorities sought to determine the scope of the damage. Continue reading