/oil-spills?format=feed Oil Spills en-US Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:39:04 -0500 /news/509929-us-coast-guard-responds-to-another-gom-oil-spill The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was responding to an oil discharge near the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) Co's pipeline system in the Gulf of Mexico,… Wed, 06 Dec 2023 02:39:04 Z /news/509929-us-coast-guard-responds-to-another-gom-oil-spill /news/508742-norway-s-v-r-energi-s-taps-vissim-for-offshore-oil-spill-detection-solution Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has contracted technology supplier Vissim to implement upgraded oil spill detection technology at its offshore installations in Norway… Fri, 13 Oct 2023 07:31:13 Z /news/508742-norway-s-v-r-energi-s-taps-vissim-for-offshore-oil-spill-detection-solution /news/506674-ecuador-oil-spill-blamed-on-human-error-sullies-waters-local-beach An offshore oil spill near Ecuador's coast reached a popular beach on Wednesday, authorities said, while also showing up in nearby waters as one local official blamed… Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:10:32 Z /news/506674-ecuador-oil-spill-blamed-on-human-error-sullies-waters-local-beach /news/505708-guyana-court-stays-order-for-exxon-to-give-unlimited-guarantee-for-oil-spills A Guyana Appellate Court judge on Thursday temporarily stayed a lower court's order requiring Exxon Mobil and partners in offshore oil production to provide an unlimited… Fri, 09 Jun 2023 09:43:10 Z /news/505708-guyana-court-stays-order-for-exxon-to-give-unlimited-guarantee-for-oil-spills /news/504989-too-late-nigerian-claimants-denied-right-to-sue-shell-over-devastating-2011-offshore-oil-spill The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it was too late for Nigerian claimants to sue two Shell subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill they say had a… Wed, 10 May 2023 10:03:31 Z /news/504989-too-late-nigerian-claimants-denied-right-to-sue-shell-over-devastating-2011-offshore-oil-spill /news/504891-un-fails-to-raise-funds-to-remove-oil-from-decaying-tanker-off-yemen-s-coast The United Nations on Thursday fell far short of raising the money it needs for an operation to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored… Fri, 05 May 2023 09:55:26 Z /news/504891-un-fails-to-raise-funds-to-remove-oil-from-decaying-tanker-off-yemen-s-coast /news/504443-equinor-s-norwegian-sea-platform-to-resume-operations-after-oil-leak Operations at the Njord A oil and gas platform in the Norwegian Sea will resume at normal levels on Tuesday after being halted because of an oil leak, a spokesperson for operator Equinor said… Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:00:07 Z /news/504443-equinor-s-norwegian-sea-platform-to-resume-operations-after-oil-leak /news/500720-exxon-faces-2b-loss-on-sale-of-troubled-california-offshore-oil-assets Exxon Mobil Corp will take up to a $2 billion loss on the highly leveraged sale of a troubled California offshore oil and gas field that have been idled since a 2015 pipeline spill… Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:00:08 Z /news/500720-exxon-faces-2b-loss-on-sale-of-troubled-california-offshore-oil-assets /news/494297-how-auvs-can-spot-oil-plumes-after-an-ocean-spill On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, sank in the Gulf of Mexico and terrified the world. This horrific accident — recorded… Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:27:09 Z /news/494297-how-auvs-can-spot-oil-plumes-after-an-ocean-spill /news/492092-amplify-energy-pulls-full-year-outlook-after-california-offshore-oil-spill Amplify Energy Corp withdrew its full-year forecast on Monday, saying that a large oil spill from one of its subsea pipelines in southern California last month forced… Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:32:59 Z /news/492092-amplify-energy-pulls-full-year-outlook-after-california-offshore-oil-spill /news/487640-magma-global-delivers-world-s-first-hpht-composite-riser-pipe-for-which-it-hopes-will-never-be-used Magma Global has this week announced the delivery of what it claims to be the world’s first high-pressure composite riser pipe to HWCG’s storage location on the U… Fri, 14 May 2021 09:22:14 Z /news/487640-magma-global-delivers-world-s-first-hpht-composite-riser-pipe-for-which-it-hopes-will-never-be-used