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

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 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A mysterious attack on an Iranian oil refinery during the Iran war caused an oil spill that affected a nearby Persian Gulf island that’s a protected breeding ground ...

This image from an Airbus Defence and Space's Pliades Neo satellite shows a fire at an oil refinery on Irans Lavan Island, left, and an oil slick in the waters of the Persian Gulf around Shidvar ...

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 ...

After the Deepwater Horizon explosion killed 11 workers in April 2010, BP faced a nightmare 1,500 meters below the Gulf of Mexico: a damaged blowout preventer, a buckled drill pipe, and oil pouring ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 - ...