— -- 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 Pemex oil company. Pemex, a Mexican state-run oil company ...

Associated PressIn this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico, oil, at bottom of frame, is seen eight miles off the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River at the Southern tip of Louisiana, top ...

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 ...

Here is a timeline on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and its impact since an explosion on a rig killed 11 workers unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

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 Interior Department is helping to increase oil production in the newly renamed Gulf of America by 100,000 barrels per day under a policy shift pursuant to President Trump's executive order ...

The BP oil spill affected fish in the Gulf of Mexico in different ways. Some showed clear signs of oil exposure, with many reef fish developing skin lesions in 2011.

A federal district judge on Thursday ruled against a Biden administration sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, faulting the government with failing to sufficiently analyze ...

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.