Forty-six days later, the oil spill is still spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. Depending on whose estimate you trust, somewhere between 22 million and 200 million gallons of oil are now in the water.

Researchers use laser treatments to transform ordinary cork into a powerful tool for treating oil spills. They tested variations of a fast-pulsing laser treatment, closely examining the nanoscopic ...

An oil spill caused by a dredger boat hitting a stationary cargo tanker has blackened part of Singapore’s southern coastline, including the popular resort island of Sentosa, and sparked concerns it ...

Chevron has recovered at least 3.8 million gallons of liquid from a massive oil spill in Weld County, by far the largest amount of either oil or water recovered from any spill listed in a state ...

(Adds President Roh comments, paragraph 9) By Lee Jae-won TAEAN, South Korea, Dec 11 (Reuters) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun saw at first hand on Tuesday the clean-up of a western coastline ...