The offshore drilling ban imposed after the BP disaster is only supposed to hit operations in deep water -- 500 feet or more. More ...

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 ...

As BP slowly inches towards capping the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, so conspiracy theories ... The Deepwater Horizon rig was crippled on April 20, which is Hitler's birthday, and the day ...