On July 6th, 1988, disaster struck! Once the pride of the North Seaturned into one of the deadliest man-made infernos in ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes “beyond petroleum.” That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company’s inability to ...

Rescue boats attempt to put out the blaze from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig after it exploded on April 20, 2010. The disaster became the worst marine oil spill in American history. NOAA Early one ...

1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf. 2. April 20, 2010 – An explosion occurs on board the BP-contracted ...

I have been so wrong. The undying spill in the Gulf of Mexico has a long way to go before it’s even close to the worst environmental disaster in human history. [M]ore oil is spilled from the [Niger] ...

In past disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the federal government was in charge. But this time, BP - the oil giant that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig - has been designated the “responsible ...

Deepwater Horizon tells the real story of the people who survived the 2010 oil rig explosion. The 2016 biographical disaster movie stars Mark Wahlberg as the real-life oil rig technician Mike Williams ...

Concerns are growing over an oil slick off Chinas east coast after an Iranian tanker, the Sanchi, exploded and sank a week ago following a collision at sea. - Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain, 1979 ...