CNN14 年
Life on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico
The offshore drilling ban imposed after the BP disaster is only supposed to hit operations in deep water -- 500 feet or more. More ...
WBUR1 个月
In the Gulf of Mexico, an oil hub sees opportunity in offshore wind
Ships in Port Fourchon, Louisiana that service the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater oil and ... With clear skies, several offshore oil rigs are visible on the horizon beyond a creeping wall of ...
MercoPress14 年
Gulf of Mexico Rig Explodes and Sinks; 11 Workers Missing; Fears of Oil Leak
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 ...
BBC3 年
Rush to contain large oil spill in Gulf of Mexico after Storm Ida
Oil rigs pictured in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana (file picture) Clean-up crews and the US Coast Guard are trying to locate the source of an oil spill spotted ...
Autoblog14 年
Sunk Gulf oil rig spilling up to 5,000 barrels of crude every day
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is going from bad to worse ... the company was leasing the Deepwater Horizon, the oil rig that sank after an explosion on board. The costs could top a billion ...
Fox Weather on MSN24 天
Rafael prompts oil companies to evacuate some personnel from rigs in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON – A late-season hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico could slash U.S. oil production by 4 million barrels, according to ...