On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering one of the worst environmental ...

NEW ORLEANS -- A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than officials believed and the federal government is offering to help industry giant BP contain the slick that is threatening ...

Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be ...

White House puts pressure on BP, as BP denies responsibility for spill accident. May 3, 2010 — -- With the White House putting pressure on BP today, company executives promised to clean up the ...

Oil producers on Monday shut offshore production and pulled workers off platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as the 27th named storm of the season strengthened into a hurricane and took aim at the U.S ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's state-owned oil company says it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The gas leak sent flames boiling to the surface in the Gulf waters.

Hurricane Delta raked across the Gulf of Mexico, halting most of the region's offshore oil output on Thursday after energy companies shut-in wells, pulled staff from offshore platforms and began ...