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 ...

There have been dozens of armed attacks by pirates in the southern Gulf of Mexico, primarily on offshore oil rigs and vessels ... in which robbers opened fire and stole high-value equipment.

In late April an explosive blowout of the well had turned the Deepwater Horizon, one of the world's most advanced drill rigs ... in shallow-water oil production. The Gulf of Mexico now accounts ...

In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its drilling. However, the project for the ...