A crude oil pipeline crack caused a thick oil slick in the Viche River in northwestern Ecuador. Employees of the state oil ...

The first is to add chemical or biological 'dispersing agents' to the oil slick, usually in the form of powders or liquids ...

Satellite images from January 5 show large fuel oil stains ranging from 3.5 to 9.5 kilometers west of Sevastopol, with a width of up to 1.5 kilometers, according to the Crimean Wind Telegram channel.

Of course, blotting papers are nothing new, these tiny sheets of oil-absorbent paper have been used for hundreds of years as a way of soaking up excess oil on your skin and dialling back shine.

The fuel oil slick, covering an area about 2.7 kilometers long and 1 km wide, was found on Jan. 8, when the Japan Coast Guard was preparing to tow away the Sanwa Maru off Cape Esan in the Tsugaru ...

Sunlight degrades oil in surface slicks, converting it into compounds that may or may not be susceptible to microbial uptake 7. Some of the oil will evaporate 8. But neither of these processes ...

Minister for Defence Judith Collins says the Samoan Government wants the Manawanui wreck to remain off the coast despite ...