Offshore drilling is a direct result of the growing global appetite for oil and gas. At present, ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico are being exposed to an oil spill ... sank the rig and claimed ...

This isn't the first time President Trump has sought to reverse drilling bans. As he learned in his first term, it won't be easy.

Britain is doubling inspection of drilling rigs after the BP oil spill, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne informed Parliament. He told MPs a review of standards had been carried out but with the ...

Six years before Deepwater Horizon exploded in April 2010, the force of Hurricane Ivan blew an offshore drilling ... oil into the Gulf every single day. That makes it the longest-running spill ...

Lawsuit says Trump administration ignored risk of huge spills ... an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling ...

Center for Biological Diversity Announces Federal Judge Allows New Arguments Against Oil Drilling Restart Off Southern ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 4-rig drop in each of the two ...

President-elect Donald Trump said that when he takes office he will "immediately" reverse President Joe Biden's recent ...

post-spill reforms are being undone and the Gulf of Mexico remains vulnerable. Californians love their coast and strongly oppose offshore drilling. Will they support converting old oil rigs to ...

His efforts are likely to run into problems with the military, the oil industry, and even one of Trump’s prior executive ...

In Monday’s statement, the president cited the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster — in which a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers and causing the largest oil spill in ...