An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire after an explosion on Tuesday night has now sunk, the US Coast Guard has said. A search is continuing for 11 missing workers after the blast at ...

A massive oil sheen seen for miles extends from an offshore drilling platform 12 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas in the Gulf of Mexico on July ... riser at the rig. In the days that ...

Once the weather in the Gulf of Mexico clears, over flights by MMS staff, the U.S. Coast Guard and the oil and gas industry will begin in both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. These over ...

An oil rig 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico is still burning after an explosion around 9 a.m. this morning, according to the Coast Guard. There were thirteen people aboard ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Harvey has prompted offshore oil and gas operators to evacuate platforms and drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico toward a Texas landfall. The federal Bureau of Safety ...

ENSCO International continues to make progress inspecting its Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Company personnel have re-boarded all rigs except one platform rig ...