The previous August, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had ordered the invasion and occupation of nearby Kuwait in pursuit of, among other things, the country's oil reserves. This sparked the Gulf War ...

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China's energy imports are vulnerable as Iran's conflict with Israel threatens to drag the United States into a war.

Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Eric Gay/AP ...

After ten days, crews have contained oil spill off Louisiana coast. But not before almost 71,000 gallons have spewed into Gulf of Mexico. By Chris Gray, Gulf Coast Reporter May 7, 2025.

What the Gulf War and past supply disruptions says about how high oil prices can go Citigroup sees $90 as the high for Brent in worse-case Israel-Iran conflict scenario Published: June 20, 2025 at ...

As US airstrikes hit Iranian nuclear sites, Tehran threatens to block the Strait of Hormuz—choking a fifth of global oil and ...

April 20, 2010, was the beginning of an 87-day environmental disaster that would leach an estimated 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill, caused by an explosion while the ...

Documents reveal a World War II era shipwreck could trigger a $200 million oil spill clean up but the government is going against officials' advice to at least do a risk assessment survey. In June ...