The US government banned BP Plc from new federal contracts on Wednesday over its "lack of business integrity" in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a move that could imperil the British energy giant's US footing. ...
07:29 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Washington: BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst US offshore oil spill ever. The settlement includes a $1.256 billion criminal fine, the largest such levy in US history, the oil company said on Thursday. US Attorney General Eric Holder called the deal a "critical step forward" but was adamant that it did not end...
02:21 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Beijing: Typhoon Kai-Tak has caused heavy damage in China's two provinces killing one person and causing economic loss runing into $315 million, besides triggering an oil spill. The typhoon, the 13th tropical storm to hit China this year, has left one person dead and two missing in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region so far and about 110,000 residents there remain threatened, state-run Xinhua news agency said. It also affected 1.74 million...
04:57 PM, Aug 18, 2012
New York: On the first day newcomer director Benh Zeitlin began shooting his mythical, apocalyptic low-budget film, Beasts of the Southern Wild, he had a real life disaster to deal with - the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The sense of impending danger only served to heighten the rugged, mystical tension Zeitlin was aiming for in his acclaimed indie film that stars non-actors as a father...
05:38 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Sao Paulo: Brazil's environmental agency said on Monday it will fine Chevron nearly $28 million for a continuing oil spill off the Rio de Janeiro coast, and the company could face several more similar fines in the coming days. The agency said through its press office that it will fine the oil company the maximum 50 million reals allowed under current Brazilian law. Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said at a...
04:57 AM, Nov 22, 2011
Rio De Janeiro: More than 2,600 barrels of oil may have spilled into the Atlantic ocean because of a leak at an offshore Chevron drilling site, Brazil's environmental protection agency said on Friday. Officials think 200 to 330 barrels of oil leaked each day from November 8 through Tuesday, the Ibama agency said in a statement on its website. Chevron has said that 400 to 650 barrels of oil in...
03:13 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Mumbai: It has been over a year since a massive 600 tonne oil spill off the coast of Mumbai when the MSC Chitra collided with MV Khadija. An environment panel's report has pegged the losses to be over Rs 500 crore, out of which only Rs 1 crore has been paid by the ship's owners. Over 600 tonnes of oil spill when the MSC Chitra collided with the MV Khalijia...
09:50 AM, Sep 26, 2011
Washington: Poor management and critical mistakes by BP and its contractors led to the largest offshore oil spill in US history, according to the final report of the largest US government probe into last year's massive Gulf oil spill. Investigators from the US Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management scattered blame for the accident on the companies involved while also saying stronger regulations could have helped prevent the...
02:27 AM, Sep 15, 2011
London: The British government warned on Monday that several hundred tons of oil may have leaked into the North Sea from a Royal Dutch Shell rig. The Department for Energy and Climate Change said it estimates that the leak from a flow line at the Gannet Alpha platform off the Scottish coast that began last week could have spilled several hundred tons of oil into the sea. It said the...
08:41 PM, Aug 15, 2011
This oil spill comes just a year after the same area was hit by the oil spill by the MSC Chitra. ...
12:39 PM, Aug 10, 2011
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11:30 PM, Aug 09, 2011
MV Rak that sank off the coast of Mumbai last week has leaked about 100 tonnes of oil. ...
09:41 PM, Aug 09, 2011
So far, the government has allocated Rs 10 lakh to contain the oil spill of the MV Rak. ...
11:58 AM, Aug 09, 2011
Experts claim that by Tuesday evening, large chunks of oil will come floating into the Mumbai coastline. ...
10:41 AM, Aug 09, 2011
Mumbai: Almost a year after the MSC Chitra's collision with the ship Khalijia, the MV Rak that sank off the coast of Mumbai last week has leaked about 100 tonnes of oil. Even as the Environment Minister has said that there is nothing to worry about, some experts disagree. The question is who will pay for the clean up. An RTI filed by CNN-IBN has found that Rs 1.2 crore...
08:03 AM, Aug 09, 2011
Mumbai: Indian defence and maritime authorities on Monday said the oil spill from the sunken ship RAK Carrier has decreased, compared to a day earlier and that it is not a major threat. "The rate of oil spill has reduced to around one tonne per hour, as compared to 1.5-2 tonnes per hour Sunday," Inspector General of Coast Guard SPS Basra told reporters. Along with the photos of how the...
10:03 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan says that the ministry is aware of the MV RAK oil spill in Mumbai and there is no cause of concern. ...
09:00 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Mumbai: Oil patches and tar balls can be seen on Mumbai's coastline with ugly evidence of ecological havoc spilling onto at least seven seafronts. Oil residue from the bulk carrier MV RAK that sank last Thursday can be seen at Juhu, Versova, Bandra, Khar, Madh Island, Aksa and Gorai beaches. Due to low tide as the water has receded, the sticky, shiny dark patches of oil have become visible. Even...
08:43 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: Ruling out any cause of concern over the oil spill from a sunk cargo vessel off the Mumbai coast, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today asked the pollution authority to lift samples of the slick. "I reviewed the matter with my officials in the ministry. At this point of time, we do not see a cause for concern," Natarajan told reporters outside Parliament. "We are are constantly monitoring...
02:13 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Mumbai: Some tar balls could be seen at the Juhu beach on Monday, where the stranded MV Rak has recorded an oil spill, sending ecologists into a tizzy. Coast Guard sources have told CNN-IBN that the slick has been contained to an extent. The Coast Guard has been continuing with Operation 'Paryavaran Suraksha' to restrict the oil spill. A Chetak helicopter will also do a recce on Monday. So far,...
10:22 AM, Aug 08, 2011
