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Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian unit is containing an oil spill in the Niger Delta, the company said on Friday, after the military reported liquid 'jetting' out of a pipeline. Massive oil theft, sabotage of infrastructure and leaks from ageing pipelines are all cutting into the pr...

Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southe...

Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and will pay the maximum possible statutory fine, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. The plea agreement requires court approval, and also requires the Houston-based com...

Argyle Commercial, one of Australia's Premier Suppliers of Spill Control Products has been awarded a significant contract by the NSW Government... Established in 1997, Argyle Commercial has been continually expanding and has been supplying the emergency departments with spill control s...

A company has been fined $60,000 over an oil spill in the Brisbane River earlier this year. The GL Lan Xiu, which was carrying 2000 head of livestock, was refuelling at Hamilton in Brisbane in January when the oil spill occurred.   It took less than five minutes for about 4.5 ...