NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the ...

Fourteen years ago, the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig suffered a blowout in water a mile deep. The Gulf of Mexico explosion took the lives of 11 people, released 134 ...

After a massive explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers on April 20, 2010, millions of gallons of crude oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico for months, triggering the most ...

Deep-water corals in the Gulf of Mexico are still struggling to recover from the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, scientists report at the Ocean Science Meeting in New Orleans.

The 16th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, will be marked Monday as federal officials face renewed criticism over approving a ...

Tourism collapsed in Southwest Florida in 2010 and more than 500 claims for economic-related damages were paid in Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties alone totaling $23.5 million.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the ...

Long after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the marshy shores of the Gulf of Mexico were still feeling the effects of the disaster. Marsh grass retained plant-smothering oil, and the soil continued to ...