The oil spill in the Black Sea that has hit Russian and Crimean coasts since mid-December is particularly hard to clean up ...

The vessel "Eventin," loaded with 100,000 tons of oil, is adrift off the northern German coast. Germany's foreign minister ...

An international ban starting July first, on the use of Heavy Fuel Oil ... simultaneously protecting the Arctic from oil spills. It allows ships with protected fuel tanks to use HFO until 2029.

Heavy oil, which is thicker and harder to extract than conventional oil, makes up more than two-thirds of the world's crude oil reserves, with China holding almost 20 billion tonnes of it.

German maritime authorities said Saturday they are towing a disabled oil tanker in the Baltic Sea thought to be part of ...

Oil from two ageing and damaged Russian tankers was detected Friday off the coast of Sevastopol, the largest city in ...

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has announced the addition of 90,000 barrels of heavy crude to its production, with more to come. Last week, the company revealed the discovery of heavy oil in the northern ...

The Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 vessels were damaged during a heavy storm on Sunday.

Guyana's oil exports rose 54% last year to some 582,000 barrels per day (bpd), fueled by European refiners' demand for ...