Wherever it was, Nguyen’s catch highlighted the powerful allure of fishing near the untold number of offshore oil rigs in the Gulf ... nine miles off the Texas coast is in federal waters ...

Should we continue to destroy old oil-industry structures or preserve the thriving coral-reef ecosystems they're supporting?

Shell and Chevron have started returning workers to platforms in the US Gulf of Mexico that were evacuated last week ahead of ...

The Gulf Coast is struggling to prevent massive pollution after an offshore oil rig exploded 50 miles off Louisiana's coast on April 20. The U.S. government has declared the oil spill a national ...

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is going from bad to worse ... Time is of the essence, since the spilled oil is making its way to the coast. The first mess is supposed to hit shore some ...

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

RAFAEL'S HISTORY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Rafael was named a Tropical Depression on November 4 at 10 a.m. when it was 310 miles ...

Hurricane Rafael, now a Category 2 storm, continues as a strong system in the Gulf of Mexico, but the good news is that this slow-moving storm will stay over water and not directly impact any land, ...

The oil rig and 26 others like it along the California coast are home to reefs that have grown naturally ... In the U.S., Rigs-to-Reefs has found a home in the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico, where the ...

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 ...

The Gulf of Mexico has lower average wind speeds ... It will be years before giant turbines spin alongside oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana, if ever. Luckily for Lofton, offshore wind jobs ...

As of 10 a.m. ET Friday, Rafael was located in the Gulf of Mexico about 230 miles north/northeast from Progreso, Mexico, on the northern coast of the Yucatan peninsula, according to the latest update ...