Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.

While oil spills have already occurred in the region in the past, the December incident surpasses anything the Black Sea has ever seen. In the closest comparable case, 1,300 tons of fuel oil were ...

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia ... Undercurrents spread the spill and can bring oil to the surface, where it traps birds. Local environmentalists immediately ...

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran aground in December, sparking a devastating oil spill that has damaged miles ...

A wave of cancellations is sweeping through spas and children's camps in Anapa, a Russian town on the Black Sea.As the pollution from a huge December 2024 oil spill washes onto local beaches, many ...

Any danger of the oil reaching Bulgaria is speculation ... saying there is no danger of it reaching Bulgarian Black Sea waters. Tourism Minister Miroslav Borshosh called the media reports ...

Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for organizing “health and recreation” trips for children to the Black Sea resort ..

CPC, an international pipeline consortium carrying non-sanctioned Kazakh oil through Russia to the Black Sea port of ...

As ageing and deficient tankers in the "Russian shadow fleet" traffic the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea, a major oil spill ...

On February 5th, fishermen in the Gulf of Coro, in Falcón State, observed a new oil spill affecting the coasts, this happened ...

Other big spills in the last 12 months include 7,778 kg of oil that spilled into the North Sea 110 miles from Aberdeen from the Gannet A platform in July. Nearly 5,000kg 100 miles north-east off ...

Two weeks into the new year, and four weeks after the oil spill, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the extent of the disaster and dispatched senior officials to deal with Russia’s largest ...