Scientists have developed controlled "fire tornadoes" that can burn offshore oil spills up to 40% faster than conventional in ...

During the first Gulf war in 1991, Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait deliberately opened the taps of oil tankers, terminals and a refinery, releasing millions of barrels of crude into the Gulf. It was a ...

An oil spill has contaminated 933 kilometers (about 580 miles) of shoreline along the western Gulf of Mexico, impacting the Mexican states of Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Campeche and Tabasco in eastern ...