An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term often refers to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters. The oil may be a variety of materials, including crude oil, refined petroleum products (such as gasoline or diesel fuel) or by-products, ships' bunkers, oily refuse or oil mixed in waste. Spills take months or even years to clean up. Oil also enters the marine environment from natural oil seeps
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Feb 07 - MarketWatch
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Feb 07 - France24
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Feb 07 - Independent
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Feb 03 - Independent
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Feb 01 - Independent
Kenya: Alarm As KenGen Oil Spills Into Indian Ocean
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Jan 27 - MarketWatch
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Jan 26 - France24
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Jan 26 - France24
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Jan 25 - France24
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Jan 19 - France24
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Kate Upton is officially the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition covergirl of 2012. The blonde bombshell covers the iconic bikini edition of the athletic mag this year and the photo, which was supposed to be unveiled Monday night on "The Late Show with David Letterman," has leaked. (7:23 pm)
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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2012 will be revealed Monday night on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Many speculate that Kate Upton, a hugely popular swimsuit model in the world of fashion right now, will take the crown. (Feb 11)
MORE TOPICS: FLORIDA, NEW YORK, SUPER BOWL, FASHION WEEK, KIM KARDASHIAN
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Offshore drilling for oil has begun in Cuban waters in the shadow of the Florida Keys, and with the memory of BP's Macondo Gulf of Mexico spill still fresh, authorities are bracing for the worst. (Feb 09)
MORE TOPICS: MEXICO, FLORIDA, COAST GUARD, CUBA
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BP Plc won a court order Wednesday keeping several potentially damaging e-mails out of a scheduled trial to determine responsibility for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster. (Feb 08)
MORE TOPICS: BARCLAYS, COURT, STORM, MEXICO, NEW YORK, BP PLC
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The ill-fated MV Rena which brought to New Zealand its worst maritime disaster, has so far cost $130 million, and $28 million of this amount has come from taxpayers, the Bay of Plenty Times reported. (Feb 07)
MORE TOPICS: COURT
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The dividend rise marks the firm's first since the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (Feb 07)
MORE TOPICS: MEXICO, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT
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The cause of the pipeline rupture is still under investigation. The pipeline connected a well head on the ocean floor to a floating platform, which was conducting a well test when the rupture took place. (Feb 03)
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Officials with Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, and Brazil's environmental protection agency (IBAMA), announced Wednesday that 26 cubic meters of "oily water" was collected from an offshore oil production column that ruptured the day before. (Feb 01)
By OilPrice.com
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It could take a salvage crew up to 10 months to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that sank off of Italy's Giglio Island earlier this month. (Jan 30)
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