Iran’s top environmental official said on Tuesday that a suspected oil spill in the Gulf near Iran’s Kharg Island was likely caused by a tanker dumping waste water and not a leak from oil facilities.

On April 20, 2010, an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers and triggered the largest oil spill in US ...

DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - Iran's top environmental official said on Tuesday that a suspected oil spill in the Gulf near Iran's Kharg Island was likely caused by ‌a tanker dumping waste water and not a ...

PMI, whose Curtis Avenue location experienced a fatal explosion in 2022 and was cited for multiple pollution violations, now wants to install tanks at another location.

Oil is oozing through the ocean near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite photos released Friday, raising questions about the state of Iran’s central energy production hub ...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - A suspected oil spill covering dozens of square kilometres of sea near Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island has been seen on satellite imagery ‌this week. The likely spill - ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Venezuela says an oil spill that originated in Trinidad and Tobago caused serious environmental damage to its ...

A satellite image obtained from Copernicus on Friday appears to show an oil slick off the coast of Kharg Island.COPERNICUS SENTINEL DATA 2026/AFP/Getty Images Iran denied any connection to an oil ...

A pause in Iranian oil shipments from Kharg Island, the nation’s main export hub, is most likely the result of an oil spill in the area, according to TankerTrackers.com, a firm that uses satellite ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. This story first appeared on The LA ...

DULAC, La. — The brown shrimp season is off to a troubling start for many area shrimpers, who say February's oil spill at the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, about 18 miles off the coast of Port Fourchon ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The story first appeared on LA Local.