Since the 1940s, over 25 major oil spills have occurred worldwide, with six large spills (>700 tons) and four medium spills (7–700 tons) recorded last year alone. 1 Traditional remediation methods, ...

Bionanotechnology Lab of Kazan Federal University works on adapting nematodes to consuming oil waste. Co-author, Chief Research Associate Rawil Fakhrullin explains, "We've improved existing methods of ...

The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has outlined the scope of its environmental restoration efforts in Ogoniland before the House of ...

The Office of State Fire Marshal indicated there are unmet conditions within waivers granted to Sable Offshore ...

Oil poses a considerable danger to aquatic life. Researchers have developed a new technology for the removal of such contaminations: Textiles with special surface properties passively skim off the oil ...

Unprecedented are the devastation and loss-both to human life and to offshore drilling and production structures-following the double blow of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita this year. Oil and gas ...

The U.S. Coast Guard informs it continues its response to the grounded towing vessel Kimberly Selvick in Lake Michigan off of Burnahm Park. It has been determined that ten times more diesel fuel, ...