The number of total oil and gas drilling rigs in the US fell by 2 to 537, the lowest total since October 2021 and posting its 11th consecutive weekly decline, Baker Hughes reported.

The Department of Interior (DOI) is proposing to reopen up to 82%of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska ...

The US military is a major interest in this new extractive industry, which is poised to emerge both off- and on-shore. Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf Coast States, Biodiversity ...

While most people think of offshore oil platforms as the only types of oil rigs, thanks to one of the largest oil spills on record in the Gulf of Mexico, there are plenty in use on the land as well.

Whales and dolphins: Still suffering The BP oil spill hit marine life in the Gulf of Mexico hard, with some animals still struggling while others are bouncing back.

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 ...

Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 17 Gulf of Mexico platforms have been evacuated, or nearly 5% of the 371 platforms in ...

Carbon tariffs In the Gulf of Mexico, the link between offshore wind and fossil fuels could be more than symbolic.

An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Holly Beach, Louisiana. The Gulf is one of the richest deposits of offshore oil and gas in the world, and almost 600 unused rigs have been left ...

For at least two weeks, natural gas condensate has been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of Galveston. There’s no end in sight.

The Gulf is full of offshore oil rigs. Here's what to know before fishing there. These artificial reefs sport entire food chains worth of aquatic life.