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Maritime intelligence firm detects a second suspected oil slick near Iran's Kharg Island as a larger spill moves toward Saudi Arabian waters.

State documents show a contractor has recovered dozens of oil-covered and injured animals after the Smitty’s Supply Inc. environmental disaster in Tangipahoa Parish. Several others were found dead on ...

Such harm could come in a number of ways. A strike on Kharg island has the clearest potential to cause a big, enormously ...

Camber Sands, England (CNN) — Andy Dinsdale began walking the southern English coast in search of a “sea heart,” a tough Mahogany seed carried by ocean currents from Central and South American ...

People in Ventura County are also concerned that an early estimate—which noted that about 420 gallons of crude oil was ...

- Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain, 1979: The two Greek-registered tankers collide and catch fire off Tobago in the West Indies, spilling an estimated 287,000 tonnes of crude. Thirty sailors die. - ...

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(CNN) — Here's a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills: 1. January 1991 - During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons ...