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 U.S. Gulf of Mexico added six rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico added six rigs week on week, Baker Hughes’ latest rotary rig count, which was released on ...

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 ...

Most of the offshore oil platforms that have ever been built were installed in the Gulf of Mexico—more than 7,000 since 1947. More than 5,000 of those have since been removed.

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.