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.

Offshore drilling is a direct result of the growing global appetite for oil and gas. At present, ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico ... an explosion and fire that sank the rig and claimed 11 lives.

Using microphones submerged 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico ... creating an oil slick over 43,300 square miles, roughly the size of the state of Virginia. The rig explosion ...

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 ...