Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

An oil spill forced authorities to close the Galveston Ship Channel, leading to delays and last-minute changes for cruises.

An oil spill at the Port of Galveston delayed the Regal Princess by a full day, forcing Princess Cruises to cancel its ...

A recent Houston Chronicle story reveals Trump administration plans to open large swathes of the California coast to offshore ...

Mexico’s state-run oil company, Pemex, reports that recent torrential rains have caused a pipeline spill along the Pantepec ...

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According to a Coast Guard news release, a vessel owned by Netherlands-based Forestwave Navigation BV struck Pier 32 shortly ...

Video shows aerials of river contaminated by oil spill, following floods that damaged Pemex's pipeline. Video credit ...

Almost a half million gallons of liquid asphalt poured into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal earlier this year. EPA is ...

It didn’t say when the damage to the pipeline and the resultant oil spill occurred. Torrential rain fell in Veracruz and the ...

Federal and state authorities are cleaning up an oil spill in the Port of Galveston after a ship collided with a pier late ...