PSA Investigates Oil Spill at Statfjord

Statfjord A, Photo: Statoil

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has decided to conduct an investigation into an oil spill which occurred on ...

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GoM Environmental Restoration Plans Released

Bottlenose dolphins, who had to swim through heavily oiled waters, suffered serious reproductive and adverse health effects from the oil., some of which are still being determined. (Credit: NOAA)

NOAA and the other Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Trustees released 15-year environmental ecosystem restoration ...

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BP to Pay USD 20.8 Bln for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

BP to Pay USD 20.8 Bln for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The United States joined the five Gulf states in announcing a settlement to resolve civil claims against BP arising ...

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BSEE Tests Arena Offshore’s Oil Spill Response

Photo: BSEE

Analysts and engineers from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Oil Spill Preparedness ...

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Sinking Vessel Causes Oil Spill in Alaska

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lewis Beck

A Unified Command has been formed to respond to a vessel sinking and resultant 10-30 gallon oil spill in Sitka, ...

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MPC to Examine Oil Spill Monitoring Requirements in UK

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Marine Planning Consultants (MPC) has been awarded a contract by Oil and Gas UK and the Oil Spill Response Forum to ...

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Deepwater Horizon Spill Increased Dolphin Deaths

Dolphins swimming through the oil spilling from the Deepwater Horizon in 2010. (Credit: NOAA)

After commemorating the 5-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, another study has been ...

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10 New GoM Restoration Projects Announced

Image: Wikimedia

Five years after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster claimed 11 lives in the Gulf of Mexico, the government ...

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Briggs Environmental Joins ISAA

Briggs Environmental Joins ISAA

Briggs Environmental Services have recently joined the International Spill Accreditation Association (ISAA). The ...

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Response Operations Concluded After Tug Sinks Off Oahu

Response Operations Concluded After Tug Sinks Off Oahu

The Coast Guard, Department of Health and responsible party Unified Command transitioned from response operations ...

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Oil Spills in Russian Black Sea

Oil Spills in Russian Black Sea

An oil spill has been confirmed from a major Russian Black Sea pipeline near the port of Tuapse, a sea port and the ...

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Oil Spill Preparedness Strengthened in Finnmark

Oil Spill Preparedness Strengthened in Finnmark

Two new depots for oil clean-up equipment being opened at Hasvik and Måsøy in northern Norway represent important ...

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BSEE and USCG Witness First-Of-Its-Size Oil Spill ...

BSEE and USCG Witness First-Of-Its-Size Oil Spill Response Test at Ohmsett

Late last week, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Oil Spill Response Division Chief David ...

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Researchers Find Dispersant from Deepwater Horizon ...

(Photo courtesy of Chris Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest accidental release of oil into the ...

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Tanker Sinks Causing Oil Spill Offshore Thailand

Tanker Sinks Causing Oil Spill Offshore Thailand

A tanker carrying oil sludge sank offshore Thailand on Tuesday causing an oil spill in the area. The vessel sank in ...

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BSEE Invests in Oil Spill Response Research in Drift ...

BSEE Invests in Oil Spill Response Research in Drift Ice Conditions

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is investing up to $600,000 for targeted oil spill ...

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Gazprom Neft Joins Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology JIP

Gazprom Neft Joins Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology JIP

Gazprom Neft has become the first Russian company to join the Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology Joint Industry ...

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Florida Files Lawsuit Against BP for Deepwater Horizon ...

Florida Files Lawsuit Against BP for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Governor Rick Scott joined the multi-state federal litigation currently pending in the Eastern District of ...

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NOAA Seeks Comment on Proposed Deepwater Horizon Oil ...

NOAA Seeks Comment on Proposed Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Restoration Plan

NOAA and its federal and state trustee partners urged the public to provide comments on a draft plan to restore the ...

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Offshore Energy 2013: New Oil Spill Response Solution ...

Offshore Energy 2013 New Oil Spill Response Solution on the Horizon

The maritime and offshore industries might be on the brink of a breakthrough discovery when it comes to oil spill ...

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Deep­sea Ecosystem May Take Decades to Recover from ...

Deep­sea Ecosystem May Take Decades to Recover from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The deep­sea soft-sediment ecosystem in the immediate area of the 2010’s Deepwater Horizon well head blowout and ...

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