In the Gulf of Mexico, 7,500 oil platforms could be repurposed as marine farms, providing food for a growing global population while capturing millions of tonnes of carbon.. The transformation of ...

Overall, the BOEM estimates that the Gulf of Mexico harbors 29.59 billion barrels of oil and 54.84 trillion cubic feet of gas of technically recoverable resources in undiscovered fields.

U.S. government says oil and gas operations threaten endangered Rice's whale in the Gulf of Mexico By Rebekah F. Ward , Staff writer May 25, 2025 A Rice's whale spouts water in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Gulf of Mexico also hosts five endangered sea turtle species, which face ship strikes, explosives and oil spills under the plan. “The Fisheries Service continues to turn a blind eye to ...

Offshore floating oil rigs stay afloat by using buoyancy, the pressure exerted by water that keeps it floating. ... This rig was first used in 1998 in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

An assessment by the US Geological Survey reveals potential undiscovered oil and gas in two formations under much of the US Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. The survey detailed that here are ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating to their lowest since January, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.

A map with Gulf of America written on it is pictured during a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of ...

Using a USGS dataset of 117,672 documented orphan wells nationwide, the researchers found that 54 percent of the wells are within aquifers that supply 94 percent of groundwater used nationally.

The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three ...