This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...

This is when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, sending millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Not only were the environmental impacts seen shortly after the spill occurred ...

Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? (Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life.

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

With one day left to… U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill The Justice ... of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

When we think of oil spills, the images that come to mind may include seabirds coated in black slime, huge iridescent slicks lapping onto shore and armies of wellington-clad cleaners armed with ...

BP Gulf Oil Spill April 20, 2010 – An explosion occurs aboard BP-contracted Transocean Ltd Deepwater Horizon oil rig stationed in the Gulf of Mexico. Of the 126 workers aboard the oil rig ...

In this June 9, 2010, file photo, a worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (CN) — Workers who responded ...

making it the largest accidental marine oil spill in history. This was the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010. This spill created not just environmental aftereffects but also economic consequences ...

The accident would remain the nation’s worst oil spill until an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 killed 11 people and dumped 210 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of ...

as is another controversial way to try to dissipate the impacts of oil spills: dispersants. During the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP sprayed roughly 1.84 million gallons (8.37 million litres ...