A new wave of oil platforms is sweeping into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as crude prices are riding historic levels and demand for barrels is higher than ever.

July 7 (UPI) --A fire at the Nohoch Alfa oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday has injured at least six people. Petroleos Mexicanos, also known as PEMEX, which operates the oil platform ...

Over the summer, BP marked the safe start-up of the Manuel project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the fourth of five major projects the energy company expects to deliver globally in 2021.

The News. Ever since the first offshore platforms went up off Louisiana 85 years ago, the Gulf of Mexico has been an oil and gas juggernaut. But decades of drilling has left behind more than ...

BP PLC on Thursday said it started oil production at Argos, its first platform launch in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico since 2008 and its fifth operating in the basin.

— -- An explosion and ensuing fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico today left four dead and injured 45 others, according to the Pemex oil company. Pemex, a Mexican state-run oil company ...

Oil rigs are seen in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021.

The next oil platform in Shell's portfolio may be in the Whale oil field, ... Shell Offshore produced 20.3 million barrels of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico between January and April, ...

Location of the Mariner Energy oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Vermillion Bay, La.

Legal Foundation. At issue is the government’s main Endangered Species Act analysis of oil and gas activity in the Gulf, a so-called biological opinion released in 2020 documenting how drilling ...

While the Gulf of Mexico is a region known for oil, it’s also home to something far less expected. Nestled among offshore oil platforms, about 150 miles from Houston, is one of the healthiest coral ...

A new wave of oil platforms is sweeping into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as crude prices are riding historic levels and demand for barrels is higher than ever.. But don’t count on the new production ...