— -- An explosion and ensuing fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico today left four dead and injured 45 others, according to the Pemex oil company. Pemex, a Mexican state-run oil company ...

A new wave of oil platforms is sweeping into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as crude prices are riding historic levels and demand for barrels is higher than ever.

Idle Iron. In the 1970s, legislation was introduced to address the growing oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf. Commonly called the Idle Iron Act, this plug-and-abandonment policy requires inactive ...

Oil rigs are seen in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021.

Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production is almost fully restored following hurricane Francine, ... highlighting that this represents 6.47 percent of the 371 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Here is a sample of what other media outlets are saying about the explosion and fire that sunk Transocean's Deepwater Horizon rig: Gulf Fire Threatens Long-Term Damage (The Wall Street Journal) BP ...

The News. Ever since the first offshore platforms went up off Louisiana 85 years ago, the Gulf of Mexico has been an oil and gas juggernaut. But decades of drilling has left behind more than ...

The Biden administration is eyeing chunks of the Gulf of Mexico as new areas to expand its growing offshore wind ambitions. Today, President Joe Biden proposed opening up 700,000 acres off the ...

Oil rigs are seen in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021.

In April, Mexico Daily News reported that pirates locked up the crew of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico as they set about searching for anything of value. Over six hours later, ...

Wherever it was, Nguyen’s catch highlighted the powerful allure of fishing near the untold number of offshore oil rigs in the Gulf. Whether operational or not, these hulking structures function ...

A new wave of oil platforms is sweeping into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as crude prices are riding historic levels and demand for barrels is higher than ever.. But don’t count on the new production ...