Huge oil rig arrives to explore in Cuban waters
A massive drilling rig arrived Thursday in the warm Gulf waters north of Havana, where it will sink an exploratory well deep into the seabed.
Stricken Rena Cargo Ship Finally Sinks Off New Zealand’s Coast
Debris and oil is floating from the mess of the sinking Rena container ship as its stern finally slips under the water more than three months after it ran into New Zealand’s Astrolabe reef. Officials said trajectory projections showed containers could wash up on beaches as far as Mercury Bay over the next few years.
Mexico Says 1,500-barrel Oil Spill Controlled
Mexico’s Environment Department says a spill of 1,500 barrels of oil from a pipeline near the Gulf coast has been brought under control, and about 40 percent of the oil has been recovered. Video from the scene shows the banks of the river coated in black sludge.
Nigeria’s Oil Disasters Are Met By Silence
The global media have had little to say on Nigeria’s latest oil spill and the hundreds of others that have destroyed so many lives. In any other region of the world the behaviour of the oil companies involved would result in major sanctions and criminal prosecutions…
Rena Cargo Washing up On beaches
Months after Bay of Plenty locals cleared their beaches of oil and container debris, the job has begun again as the stricken Rena loses more cargo overboard. Officials were warning beachgoers to stay away from the debris that has washed ashore.
Stricken cargo ship Rena breaks up off New Zealand
Cargo ship Rena which struck the well-marked Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand on 5 October has broken in two last night, spilling containers and threatening a new oil spill.
Oil On canvas
The oil prints featured in this video were made with birds killed by the Rena oil spill. It is hoped that Oil On Canvas exhibition can serve as a memorial to the creatures that lost their lives and as a stark reminder of the devastation an oil spill can cause, and warning against the far greater risk posed by deep sea oil drilling.
Oil Washes Ashore in Nigeria
Nigerian villagers and environmental groups say that oil washing up on the coast must be from the recent Royal Dutch Shell loading accident, which caused the biggest offshore spill in the country’s waters in 13 years. Shell denies that the oil is from the spill, saying its dispersal efforts prevented any of that crude from washing ashore.
Oily: How A San Francisco Oil Spill Took Its Toll On Fish
The impacts of an oil spill does not end when Anderson Cooper goes home… A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looks at the aftermath of a 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay, and finds the accidents has had lingering effects on local fish, effects that continued well after the spill was cleaned up.