Every day over the last 14 years, nearly 12,000 to 30,000 gallons of oil have spilled out into the Gulf of Mexico ... spills, told the AP. The oil is so thick in some areas of the Gulf that people ...

This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...

However, none compares to the world's largest oil spill caused by the US in the Gulf of Mexico, the likes of which ... killing 11 people and injuring 17 others. As fireboats attempted to put ...

Graph of Gulf of Mexico Production in Federal Offshore ... not be despoiled by what looks like asphalt from oil spills. But these people seem to have little concern about the long stripes of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Oil began leaking from a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico on May 11th, but it has received a surprisingly low amount of coverage. This is what it ...

WASHINGTON— The D.C. District Court on Thursday found unlawful a 73-million acre offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

(Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for ... the offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the rig collapsed.

Oil Spill Awareness Quiz, Part 2 You know that the Gulf of Mexico is now the scene of one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, but how much do you really know about oil spills?

A federal district judge on Thursday ruled against a Biden administration sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, faulting the government with failing to sufficiently analyze ...

in the Gulf of Mexico, located around 65 km off the coast of Louisiana. The explosion triggered a massive spill of crude oil, which flowed into the Gulf for 87 days before it was capped.