An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term often refers to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters. The oil may be a variety of materials, including crude oil, refined petroleum products (such as gasoline or diesel fuel) or by-products, ships' bunkers, oily refuse or oil mixed in waste. Spills take months or even years to clean up. Oil also enters the marine environment from natural oil seeps
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Jun 19 - Independent
Kinder Morgan says Trans Mountain pipeline to restart after leak repaired
Jun 14 - Financial Post
Encana’s new leader, BP oil spill exec Doug Suttles, is crisis-tested
Jun 11 - Financial Post
Encana names former BP oil spill exec Doug Suttles as CEO
Jun 11 - Financial Post
Coast Guard’s offshore oil-spill response ‘obsolete’ or outdated: internal audits
Jun 04 - Financial Post
Saskatchewan finds small solutions to big pipeline problems
May 23 - Financial Post
BP increases challenges to oil spill payouts
May 21 - Financial Times
Is Big Oil ready for primetime in the Arctic?
May 16 - Financial Post
Council sets '15 goal for climate pact
May 16 - Politico
Enbridge underestimating risk of Northern Gateway oil spills: study
May 02 - Financial Post
Exxon hit with lawsuit over Arkansas spill
Apr 06 - MarketWatch
U.S. thirst for Canadian oil to continue despite recent oil spills
Apr 02 - Financial Post
‘Oil companies cannot be trusted’: Exxon oil spill fuels new scrutiny of Keystone XL
Apr 01 - Financial Post
BP internal probe into spill had limited access
Feb 28 - CBC
‘BP fostered a culture that put cost-cutting over safety’
Feb 26 - Financial Post
Money mattered more to BP than the people who died, Deepwater Horizon spill trial told
Feb 25 - Independent
Gulf oil spill compensation trial begins
Feb 25 - CBC
BP poised for court case after failing to reach civil settlement on oil spill disaster
Feb 19 - Independent
Transocean's $1B oil spill settlement approved
Feb 19 - Politico
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