The British oil company BP said Monday that a partner in the well that exploded last year in the Gulf of Mexico, Anadarko Petroleum, had agreed to pay $4 billion to settle claims related to the ens

Salvage teams pumped oil on Monday from a stricken container ship off the New Zealand coast, ahead of bad weather which could split the vessel into two and spew more oil onto beaches.

Oil tanks on a stricken container ship threatening to break in half off the New Zealand coast have survived a pounding by heavy seas, salvage experts said Thursday as the ship's owners apologized f

BP will be allowed to participate in an upcoming U.S. offshore oil and gas lease sale despite its role in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S.

Several beaches on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island were closed to the public from Thursday and operations at the Port of Tauranga will be suspended overnight, after oil and containers

Oil spilling from a cargo vessel stranded off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island is the country's worst environmental maritime disaster, Environment Minister Nick Smith said Tuesday as hi

A cargo vessel carrying oil and other substances that is stranded off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island is continuing to spill oil and might break apart.

An oil spill from a container ship stricken off New Zealand is growing as the weather deteriorates, sending clumps of thick fuel oil on to nearby beaches, officials said on Tuesday.

Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it had no reason to believe an oil sheen on the Yellowstone River in Montana came from its Billings refinery but it had moved to contain the oil to minimize any envi