Port Arthur
HOUSTON - To many southeast Texas residents, the paperwork from the lawyer made it clear: If they filed a court claim over illnesses suffered in the state's worst oil spill in 15 years, they'd get $1,000.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - An 800-foot tanker struggling with poor visibility and strong winds apparently failed to center itself in a narrow waterway off the Gulf of Mexico, possibly contributing to a collision with a tugboat that caused the largest oil spill in Texas in 15 years, according to testimony and evidence presented at a Coast Guard hearing on Tuesday.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - A sheen remains on a Port Arthur waterway nearly two weeks after a tanker collision that dumped 462,000 gallons of oil.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - A southeast Texas waterway has opened to limited traffic after 462,000 gallons of light crude oil spilled over the weekend when two vessels collided.
DALLAS - The worst Texas oil spill in more than 15 years was contained Monday, and authorities credit a massive emergency response with averting an environmental disaster.
