UN Says $144M Needed to Avert Yemen Tanker Disaster May 12, 2022 By Samy Magdy CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations was seeking $144 million on Wednesday needed to fund the salvage operation of a...
No Mourners at Burial of 50 Victims of Nigeria Refinery Fire April 29, 2022 By Chinedu Asadu OWERRI, Nigeria (AP) — Mourners were nowhere to be seen as gravediggers in Nigeria’s southeast town of Ohaji-Egbema used shovels...
Exxon Declares Force Majeure on Russian Sakhalin-1 Operations April 27, 2022 By Florence Tan and Sabrina Valle Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Wednesday that its Russian unit Exxon Neftegas Ltd has declared force majeure for its Sakhalin-1...
2 Suspects Sought as 100 Die in Nigeria Oil Refinery Blast April 26, 2022 By Chinedu Asadu ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 100 people may have died in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in...
Fire at ExxonMobil Refinery in Montana Under Investigation March 29, 2022 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The cause of an explosion and fire at an ExxonMobil refinery in southern Montana is under...
Peru’s ‘Worst Ecological Disaster’ Slams Small-Scale Fishing March 15, 2022 By Franklin Briceno CIUDAD PACHACUTEC, Peru (AP) — Walter de la Cruz scrambled down a large sand dune in the fog to reach...
Aging Oil-Storage Ships Pose Safety, Environmental Risks Around the World February 23, 2022 By Paul Burkhardt and Julian Lee The decades-old, oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently — killing some of its crew and...
1 Month After Oil Spill, Lima’s Beaches Empty, Cleanup Slow February 18, 2022 By Franklin Briceno LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dozens of beaches near Lima were deserted and thousands of fishermen remained without work Tuesday, one...
California Lawmakers Vow to Investigate Offshore Oil Spill October 7, 2021 By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Daniel Trotta Democratic members of Congress from California seized on the oil spill off the state’s coast to call for investigations into...
U.S. Hurricane Damage to Cut Shell Oil Output Through Year-End September 20, 2021 By Arathy S Nair and Sabrina Valle HOUSTON — Royal Dutch Shell, the largest U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil producer, said damage to offshore transfer facilities from...