By Mongabay.com When BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2011, it led to the largest oil spill ...

Hundreds of workers evacuated after a deadly explosion, — -- An explosion and ensuing fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico today left four dead and injured 45 others, according to the ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS: 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico, Nov 2023. Pipeline operator delayed shutdown nearly 13 hours despite warning signs. Underwater landslides and hurricane risks ...

Crews battle a fire at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of America. U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images ...

The volume of the Ek’ Balam oil spill in 2023 — the most serious spill in Mexico in recent years — was under-reported by 10 to 200 times, according to calculations performed by scientists ...

The U.S. government is facing a backlash after it concluded that the oil and gas industry off the Gulf Coast is likely threatening the survival of the endangered Rice's whale. "The operation of ...

May 3, 2010 -- With the White House putting pressure on BP today, company executives promised to clean up the oil spill polluting the Gulf of Mexico but tried to shift responsibility for the ...

(Reuters) - Millions of gallons/litres of oil have poured into the Gulf of Mexico since an April 20 blast on the Deepwater Horizon rig triggered the huge spill. Below is a timeline of the spill ...

The Gulf is producing near record highs of 1.9 million barrels of oil per day, but that’s still only 14% of the nation’s world-leading high of 13.5 million barrels daily.

That work is far from complete. Take the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency operates the Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center, which works with state, federal and local ...