In October 2007, a massive storm with 70-knot winds slammed into a Mexican oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The jack-up rig collided with a nearby wellhead, rupturing valves and releasing a deadly ...

Oil and natural gas companies were evacuating workers and continuing shutdowns of crude and gas production platforms in the western Gulf of Mexico today as Tropical Storm Claudette snaked her way ...

Update, 6 p.m. Monday: Violent seas kept the Royal Dutch Shell drilling unit Kulluk stuck in the Gulf of Alaska Monday night, as crews try to figure out how to protect the multi-million dollar vessel.

As tempests go, tropical storm Bonnie would barely be strong enough to cause a Louisianan to look up from his gumbo. As of Friday evening, the National Hurricane Center actually downgraded Bonnie to a ...

An owl has been saved from a North Sea oil rig after being blown nearly 200 miles off course by storm winds. The short-eared owl had been blown off-course by 100mph gusts while she was attempting to ...

If you've ever seen an offshore oil rig floating in the ocean, you've probably noticed those tall towers with flames shooting out of the top. Those towers are called the flare stack, and the flames ...

Off-shore oil drilling currently accounts for over 35% of the world's total oil production, and that number has consistently risen over recent history. While a majority of oil extraction takes place ...

Top-paid oil rig operaters earn more than $89K. June 16, 2010 — -- The oil industry may be a magnet for controversy in the U.S. right now, with crude continuing to gush from BP's ruined deep ...