More than eighty thousand barrels of crude oil from the spill severely damaged over sixty kilometers of coastline.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Attention turned to Washington this week over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

"If it gets on land, will they make us leave?" "If we have a hurricane and the oil washes over the land, they will condemn it.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Now,BP faces growing political pressure over the worst oil spill in American history.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Crews then turned to placing a cap over the pipe -- not to stop it, but to direct at least some of the oil to ships on the surface.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

The Iraqi parliament,until now, has failed in attempts to cobble together a bill over oil revenues that would satisfy both Kurds and Arabs.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

Tensions between the Kurds and the central government in Baghdad over oil revenues and the disputed city of Kirkuk continue to worry U.S.officials.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

The Russian national budget relies heavily on taxes from the sale of oil and other natural resources, and oil prices have dropped sharply over the past year.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

The secretary reportedly has been trying to mediate between Kurdish leaders and the central government in Baghdad, over a thorny territorial dispute over the oil-rich region of Kirkuk.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

But could find none. "Over time oil does dissipate and can get broken down from bacteria and other organisms in the water, but still they are putting certain dispersants on the oil that makes it sink down to the bottom."

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

"We know that surface use of dispersants decreases the environmental risk to shorelines and organisms at the surface and we know that dispersants break down over weeks rather than remaining for several years as untreated oil might."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

"There is a realization at the end of the day that despite all the profits that Russia got from its sale of oil and gas over the last 10 years, that unless it modernizes its economy and reforms it, it will be a declining power."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18