In 1988, Piper Alpha became the scene of the worst offshore oil disaster in history when a chain of explosions turned the giant North Sea platform into a collapsing firestorm. Helicopter footage ...

In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 and ignited a fireball so large it could be seen from 40 miles away. For nearly ...

On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea became the site of one of the deadliest offshore disasters in ...

It’s back—the federal government’s push to expand offshore oil drilling. As the headline last month in the Long Island newspaper Newsday reported: “Plan for New Oil Drilling Off Fla. and Calif. Coasts ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration’s proposal to dramatically ramp up offshore oil drilling could lead to 4,232 oil spills, dumping 12.1 million gallons of oil into ocean waters, according to an ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. Trump administration plan would move oil drilling closer to Florida. Crews battle the blazing remnants of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico after ...

President Donald Trump’s plan to “unleash American energy” will have a dramatic effect on Alabama’s coastline, with new programs that will almost certainly increase the number of rigs off the state’s ...

The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and resulting oil spill ranks as one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Much has been learned to date about preventing, responding to, and ...

It has been reported that the Trump administration is ready to allow drilling off the California coast. One has only to remember January 1969, when one of the worst environmental disasters in ...