Oil giant faces major backlash after shocking disaster: 'The community absorbs the consequences'

An oil rig has just toppled over in Alaska, causing a spill and a fire in an area recently opened up for exploration by ...
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15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, U.S. — Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a finger pointing into the Gulf of Mexico. Past ...
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Oil spill disasters in the past 50 years

Concerns are growing over an oil slick off Chinas east coast after an Iranian tanker, the Sanchi, exploded and sank a week ago following a collision at sea. - Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain, 1979 ...
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What Happens To Offshore Oil Rigs When The Oil Runs Out?

An increasingly hot-button issue, oil rigs have become the physical embodiment of larger economic and environmental debates, garnering praise from conservative politicians and the ire of environmental ...
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BBC sets docuseries on Piper Alpha disaster from BBC Studios

A new box-set documentary series set for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer will examine the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform disaster off the Scottish coast that left 167 people ...