A map showing the approximate forecast path of an oil spill (in black) from a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico which occurred on November 16, 2023. The red cross on the pipeline marks the ...

A late-season hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico could slash U.S. oil production by 4 million barrels, according to researchers.

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.

The U.S. Gulf of Mexico added six rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes.

Interview Transforming old oil rigs into seaweed farms could resurrect “dead zones” in the ocean The mouth of the Mississippi is a "dead zone" where life struggles to survive.

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 ...

An oil rig and supply vessel are pictured in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana in April 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) WASHINGTON (CN) — A coalition of environmental and Gulf of ...

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.

Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land.

Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop producing oil, should they be removed or allowed to stay?

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 ...

Up to 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been spilled into Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline off Louisiana’s southeast coast, U.S. Coast Guard says.