CARACAS, Venezuela — The sun had risen over the Caribbean Sea when Frank González spotted "the stain" — an oil slick on the water that stretched for miles.

A recent report called “The shadow of oil” revealed that 474 oil spills occurred along the NorPeruano Pipeline in Peru and on several oil blocks between 2000 and 2019.

In recent years, experts have been developing better tech to combat this issue. Technology for cleaning up oil spills The following seven innovations have been in development for years.

The recent oil spill off the island of Mauritius has brought the dangers of moving large quantities of oil by sea back under the spotlight. The Japanese-operated MV Wakashio ran aground off the ...

Both Mauritius and Venezuela experienced major oil spills in August. What do we know about these spills, and what does this mean for the future of global shipping?

10 Years After Deepwater Horizon, Oil Spills and Accidents Are on the Rise Offshore drilling has become more dangerous since the Trump administration weakened safety regulations and cut back ...

A ship that ran aground off the shores of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, began spilling oil into the country’s famed blue lagoons this week, triggering an environmental crisis in a tiny island ...

“Invisible oil” escaped the view of satellites that were tasked with measuring the extent of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, according to a new study. In the Science ...

A version of this article appears in print on April 20, 2020, Section A, Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: Ten Years After Deepwater Horizon, U.S. Is Still Vulnerable to Big Spills.

During a recent oil spill preparedness workshop in Zanzibar, these countries asked for annual communication drills and joint multilateral exercises to ensure regional cooperation. To this end, ...