But it comes to many millions of gallons since the catastrophic blowout. Eleven men were killed in the explosions that sank one of the most sophisticated drilling rigs in the world, the "Deepwater ...

The nation's worst offshore oil spill followed an explosion that killed 11 workers at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast. The blowout ...

A gas well in the Gulf of Mexico off of the Louisiana coast caught fire hours after a blowout that prompted ... gas well that it was drilling blew out, enveloping the rig in a cloud of gas that ...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has announced new rules requiring that offshore drilling rigs certify that they have working blowout preventers and standards for cementing wells.

When the blowout happened, two crew members rushed from the drilling rig floor to the control room. But they were trapped along with three others in the control room because the exits were poorly ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized tighter rules for complex devices meant to prevent catastrophic blowouts on offshore oil and gas drilling rigs, reversing some ...

This is the moment a storm quickly descended on a drilling rig in Mentone, Texas on May 4. The clouds darkened as high winds ...

The blowout preventer didn't work ... "The responsibility for safety on the drilling rig is with Transocean. It is their rig, their equipment, their people, their systems, their safety processes." ...