A recent Houston Chronicle story reveals Trump administration plans to open large swathes of the California coast to offshore ...

A normal day on an oil rig in Mexico turned into a nightmare when an explosion tore through the platform. This documentary explores how the disaster unfolded, the lives lost, and the lessons learned ...

In October 2007, a massive storm with 70-knot winds slammed into a Mexican oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The jack-up rig collided with a nearby wellhead, rupturing valves and releasing a deadly ...

Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be ...

HOUSTON — A technician who was aboard the oil rig that exploded April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico says she is too traumatized to testify before a panel investigating the blast and subsequent spill.

While Borr did not reveal any further details of these rig terminations and the counterparty sanctions that it referenced, ...

The Trump administration could be days away from proposing a five-year drilling plan that would open new waters off the ...

Top-paid oil rig operaters earn more than $89K. June 16, 2010 — -- The oil industry may be a magnet for controversy in the U.S. right now, with crude continuing to gush from BP's ruined deep ...

At-a-Glance: Gulf of Mexico offshore floorhand pay typically runs on a day-rate basis with 14/14 or 21/21 hitches. Expected day rates span roughly $330–$590, annualizing to about $60,000–$107,500 ...