A fuel oil spill from Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait has washed ashore near Odesa, according to ecologist Ivan Rusev. Read also: U.S. sanctions trigger record drop in Russian oil exports ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

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A senior Russian scientist called the spill the country's worst "environmental catastrophe ... Verify on 10 January - the most recent available high-resolution photos - showed a massive oil slick ...

Shell reported an oil spill on Tuesday at Ogale, near Port Harcourt, after a saver pit overflowed during flushing operations ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Jan 21 (Reuters) - An ongoing oil spill at a wellhead and subsequent fire in Buguma community in Nigeria's coastal Rivers state has entered its fourth week, with no immediate ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the incident an "ecological disaster" as officials and volunteers attempt to clean beaches contaminated with the heavy oil.