Oil Spill

The United States Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from the crew of a United States Army vessel after they reportedly struck an object and began taking

On the night of 20 April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon suffered a catastrophic blowout and subsequent fire that killed 11 hands, injured 17 more, and resulted in

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–About 630 gallons of oil were discharged Monday from a production facility near Head of Passes in the Gulf of Mexico due the failure

A Greenpeace ship is currently hovering around the exclusion zone surrounding the Elgin platform, the site of a large gas leak in the North Sea. “We want

LONDON (Dow Jones)–French oil company Total SA (TOT) is mobilizing two rigs to drill a relief well that could eventually halt a gas leak from the Elgin

(Dow Jones) French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) may hire Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) and Rowan Cos. (RDC) to drill relief wells to end an ongoing gas

PARIS (Dow Jones)–Total SA (TOT) is studying all options, including drilling a relief well, to end an ongoing gas leak at its Elgin platform in the

On April 3rdh, 2011, bulkcarrier “Shen Neng 1” hit a coral reef off the Australian west coast. In its final report on the grounding the

Chevron’s George Buck and Transocean’s Michael Legrand top the list of offshore managers banned last Friday by Judge Vlamir Costa Magalhaes from

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazil’s lead environmental regulators said late Wednesday that state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR,

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said Tuesday that an accident at an

Petrobras announces that at 8:30 A.M. this Tuesday (January 31), a rupture was detected in the production column of FPWSO Dynamic Producer, which is anchored

Based on the precedent that Brazilian authorities have set with the astronomical fines recently charged to Chevron, the answer is yes.   Dow Jones reports on

UPDATE: The MV TYCOON has broken in half on Christmas Island. Read: Grounded Vessel on Christmas Island, Australia Breaks in Two. END UPDATE Yesterday, the

UPDATE: Monday, 6pm EST: The sea has claimed the stern section of the stricken M/V Rena Tuesday morning (local time).  We’ve started a new post with

2,400 Barrels Spilled In November 2011, a deepwater well in the Chevron-operated Frade field offshore Brazil leaked 2,400 barrels of of oil from the seabed.

IBADAN, Nigeria (Dow Jones)–Shell Petroleum Production Co., or SNEPCo, on Sunday said the oil leak from its Bongo facility off the Nigerian coast has

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) Wednesday said it has halted production from the 200,000-barrel-a-day Bonga deepwater oil field, offshore

A Shell-contracted deepwater drilling rig accidently spilled 319 barrels of oily mud into the sea yesterday while operating in in the Gulf of Mexico’s

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. (CVX) faces heavy fines in Brazil after the company accepted responsibility for an oil spill at