Pollution accidentelle des eaux (+ déchets plastiques)

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick.

The chief executive officer of Mexican state energy oil Pemex on Wednesday sought to downplay an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico this month, saying it was quickly fixed and less serious than academics had calculated.

According to satellite images, the spill started on July 4th and has extended to a total area of 400 square kilometres.

Le golfe du Mexique, et particulièrement les côtes américaines, concentre une multitude de potentielles fuites d’hydrocarbures laissées par les compagnies, incluant Total.

Data and satellite images show oil spills over five years that threaten species like orca whales.

The 24-person crew of the Ocean Princess was drifting overnight in the Gulf of Mexico before going to New Orleans to load a cargo of grain.

Un accident s’est produit sur une plateforme pétrolière au large de Pointe Noire. Après la diffusion par des médias locaux d’images montrant un important

In 1969, a devastating spill off the California coast shocked the world and led to the first Earth Day. Learn more about the Santa Barbara oil spill.

Other birds released in Georgia, Texas and Florida also have been spotted back in Louisiana.

Louisiana's treasurer says the state is holding more than $700,000 that has so far gone unclaimed by people and businesses affected by the 2010 BP oil

Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico

"UC Santa Barbara participates in analysis of largest spill in history. On April 20, a team of university researchers published a review of the consequences of the powerful explosion that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. Published 10 years after the event, ..."

TotalEnergies has joined forces with Nigerian organizations to address and manage the potential impacts of a crude oil spill off Nigeria.

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Petroleum Board announced Wednesday that Hiberia will pay $400,000 in fines as the result of a 2019 oil spill on the Hibernia platform.

The chief executive officer of Mexican state energy oil Pemex on Wednesday sought to downplay an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico this month…

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) — A large oil spill has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of a deadly explosion at a Petroleos Mexicanos natural ga

Flashback in maritime history and infographic: Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire, 20 April 2010

An oil spill hit beaches in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. Salina Cruz is one of the many beaches affected, and Pemex will have to clean up the mess they ma

Small amounts of highly weathered oil residues from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster were still present in the surroundings ten years later, shows a new report. Crude oil is a complex mixture with many components that undergo chemical reactions in the environment. These transformed chemicals, as well as longer persisting oil products, can impact local ecosystems and a better understanding of the fates of these molecules can help future cleanup efforts.

In 2004 Hurricane Ivan started an oil spill from a Taylor Energy Co platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil is still spilling and the leak has cost Taylor millions.

Norway's petroleum safety watchdog said on Monday there had been an oil spill from Equinor's Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea on April 26, and that the incident will be investigated.

The leak was cut off on Saturday, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said. The incident occurred in the same 8-inch fuel line as Hilcorp’s natural gas leak in the Inlet in 2017.

Award to Indonesian seaweed farmer could lead to compensation payouts totalling millions of dollars

The Taylor oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a cautionary tale