An oil terminal is allegedly releasing wastewater into the Red Sea

The energy giant cited technical problems for the decision

The French coast guard agency said a jack-up vessel that was carrying out drilling work for the project declared a 100-litre oil leak

Western Siberia stands out as a region with a long warming trend of higher temperatures, according to a new report

Around 3.8 tonnes of ‘extremely flammable, unstabilised crude oil’ spilled on to the ground at Sullom Voe Terminal in December 2012

The Keystone Pipeline in the US has been closed after a 210,000-gallon oil leak. Pipeline operator TransCanada said the incident occurred in a sparsely populated area of Marshall County, South Dakota. It was then shut off between Canada’s Alberta and Oklahoma and Illinois in the US. The southern leg of the system, stretching to the […]

Drinking water supplies for more than 2 million people were apparently affected by an oil leak in China. The state news outlet reported crude oil leaked from a pipeline, contaminating the water source for a water plant supplying the city of Lanzhou in northwest China. An environment official said on Saturday this left hazardous levels […]

Nearly 20,000 disaster risks were uncovered in China’s oil and gas sector during a safety investigation, reports claim. The probe was launched following a pipeline explosion in the East Asian nation in November last year which killed 62 people and is said to have cost 750 million yuan (£75.2m). Reports claim it found that “pipeline […]

A major North Sea pipeline remains shut down for the fourth day after an oil leak was found in one of the platforms. The leak on the Cormorant Alpha (pictured) led to the evacuation of 71 workers on Saturday as the Brent pipeline closed down. Abu Dhabi based owner and operator TAQA said the oil […]

A large pipeline in the North Sea which was forced to close this week after an oil platform it runs through sprang a leak has now reopened. The contained leak was discovered on Monday and originally forced neighbouring 27 fields to halt production. The Abu Dhabi owner of the Cormorant Alpha platform (pictured) has announced […]