Jack-up and deep-water rigs, the massive platforms and ships that drill for oil and gas in the ocean, are leaving the Gulf of Mexico for more lucrative jobs elsewhere. This is expected to ...

“It certainly has the potential to be a major spill,” said Dave Rainey, vice president of Gulf of Mexico exploration for the oil company ... 90 drilling rigs and 978 manned platforms.

but it offers an insight into a aspect of the Gulf oil spill coverage that’s been overlooked in recent coverage: life on board an oil rig — in this case, Shell Oil’s Ursa platform (above).

Offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico kicked ... the presence of oil rigs in the Gulf has blossomed, with there presently being around 4,000 active platforms in the region.

A map showing the approximate ... It is not the first time the Gulf of Mexico has witnessed an oil spill. The largest ever occurred in 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, operated by BP ...

The main focus of the plan, besides opening up areas in the Alaska Arctic, is on allowing development in already-explored deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Deepest oil rigs in the gulf of ...