Cape Town - A thick oil slick on Saturday hit the shores of Cape Town, coming off a stricken bulk carrier which ran aground two years ago. The Seli 1 ship was carrying a cargo of coal, heavy fuel oil ...

forming an oil slick. A UIC team led by Sushant Anand was the first to look more deeply into the mechanics of how oil goes from being a drop to a slick, and they discovered a different pattern.

Aldrin Villanueva, 54 years old, was alarmed when he heard from one of the sea patrollers on Tuesday morning that an oil slick was sighted off the coast of Pola in the Philippines province of Oriental ...

“Oil slick spotted. Clean up in progress. Please stay clear of water,” read a sign posted on the beach. An advisory on the Sentosa website said the waters of Tanjong, Palawan and Siloso ...

SINGAPORE, June 15 (Reuters) - Beaches on Singapore's Sentosa island were closed on Saturday after an oil spill spread from a nearby shipping terminal to the tourist haven south of the city-state.

According to residents, the slick has led to oil contaminating the flooded roads, worsening the already challenging situation. Ahmed, a Sharjah resident who had come to inspect his abandoned car ...

Authorities are investigating an oil slick discovered off the coast of Huntington Beach in Southern California on Friday. The slick is about 2.5-miles-long, and is located about 3 miles off the ...

An attack by Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi rebels on a Belize-flagged ship earlier this month caused a 29-kilometer (18-mile) oil slick, the U.S. military said Saturday. It also warned of the ...

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd said it has undertaken works to remove the oil slick near Ennore Creek in coordination with State authorities. Cyclone Michaung caused 36 hours of incessant rain ...

NOW, THE SOURCE Crews from multiple agencies responded to the Cleveland Ledge area of Buzzards Bay after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter spotted a sizeable oil slick in that part of the ocean off ...

In an advisory, the city’s public information office said the waters around the island were already deemed safe from the ill effects of the oil slick that came from the tanker MT Princess ...