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 ...

Obama promises return to normalcy during Gulf visit before addressing nation. A natural gas rig is seen at rear as President Obama, third from left, takes a ferry from Dauphin Island, Ala., to Fort ...

It’s been awhile since the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 men and kicked off the British Petroleum oil spill, sending barrels of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Now it seems it’s been ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Oil industry and government officials could get caught flat-footed again by another deep-water blowout in the coming months because they have yet to incorporate many of the lessons ...

NEW ORLEANS - For weeks after BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, people across the globe were captivated by a live video feed from underwater cameras that showed the company's ...

Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at ...

Eleven workers were missing after Tuesday's explosion on a Louisiana oil rig. April 23, 2010— -- The Coast Guard called off the search for 11 workers missing since an explosion on an oil rig off ...

The BP oil disaster holds a valuable lesson for investors. June 22, 2010 — -- Investors, take notice. The BP oil spill has taught us once again that no stock is immune from potential disaster. No ...

Reuters reports that Congressman Raul Grijalva is calling for BP to shut down another rig in the Gulf until it can be inspected: A group of U.S. lawmakers will recommend BP (BP.L) be ordered to idle ...

Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at ...