In April 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and sank. With the pipe that had once channeled oil 1,400 meters up from the sea floor now broken, some 4.9 ...

A new report authored by a wildlife advocacy organization states that 10 years later, the United States’s worst oil spill is still having adverse effects on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.. The ...

{mosads}On April 20, 2010, a nasty concoction of negligence and greed erupted when the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 of our Gulf people and spewing ...

After a steep drop in oil production in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is set for an energy boom boosted by huge projects by Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP.

Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon blowout that killed 11 people and sprayed 210 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, there is an easy way to ensure a similar accident never ...

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, debris and oil from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform float in the Gulf of Mexico after the rig sank April 22, 2010.

Today’s drilling rigs can work at depths more than twice as deep as Deepwater Horizon. Between 2000 and 2009, just 15 percent of oil production from US waters in the Gulf of Mexico came from ...

On Monday, Biden evoked the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when announcing the new ban, saying the disaster is a “solemn reminder of the costs and risks of offshore drilling.”. The spill killed ...

The Gulf of Mexico produces about 1.7 million barrels of oil per day, compared with about 9.2 million bpd for inland shale basins. Total gas production accounts for about 15% of the national total.

BP is seeking permits to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, some 15 months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Skip to Main Content Explore Our Brands ...

Although BP recently put its Gulf of Mexico project—called “Mad Dog Phase 2″—on hold, Shell is not alone in its endeavors in the Gulf. ExxonMobil is planning a $4 billion project in the ...

Beyond the Deepwater Horizon disaster, there are thousands of spills that occur every year, “especially in the Gulf of Mexico, where most of the drilling is occurring,” said Devorah Ancel, a ...