Quito (AFP) – Ecuador battled a spreading oil slick Tuesday that has reached several rivers after a spill left thousands without drinking water and triggered the declaration of an environmental ...

Oil is the lifeblood of an engine, it lubricates, it cools, and it prevents wear. In simple terms, it prevents too much metal-on-metal interaction in an engine. What this means is that finding ...

It consists of a metal tank with two sections for polluted and clean water. The inlet pipe is lined with fine nylon mesh and sieved sand to allow free movement of water contaminated with oil.

Federal and state officials are developing plans to respond to an oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico tied to an abandoned platform at least eight miles off the Texas coast. State officials were ...

An oil slick extending more than 125 miles appeared in the Red Sea, satellite images show, a fresh environmental disaster in a waterway where commercial ships are under siege from attacks by Yemen ...

Aldrin Villanueva, 54 years old, was alarmed when he heard from one of the sea patrollers on Tuesday morning that an oil slick was sighted off the coast of Pola in the Philippines province of Oriental ...

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Workers clean oil spill along Sentosa's Tanjong Beach area in Singapore, Sunday, June 16, 2024. An oil spill caused by a dredger boat hitting a stationary cargo tanker has blackened part of ...

Local conservation group Marine Stewards reportedly said there were photos of dead fish, otters and kingfishers covered in oil slick. Group founder Sue Ye told Singapore Straits Times that oil ...

Workers clear the oil slick in plastic bags on Sentosa island's Tanjong Beach in Singapore on June 16, 2024. Beaches on Singapore's top resort island of Sentosa, which also house luxury waterfront ...