State of Florida Governor Charlie Crist declared on Friday a state of emergency in coastal counties because of the threat from the oil spill in ... last week's explosion on a BP-operated rig ...

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $20bn to settle claims with the US stemming from the company's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. An explosion on BP's deep-water drill, off the coast of Louisiana in 2010 ...

For many decades, BP Plc and Shell Plc were the closest of rivals — equivalent in size, with matching clout in energy markets ...

effectively ending litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. Former BP executive David Rainey was acquitted on charges of lying to congressional ...

Mark Wahlberg’s incredibly powerful and deeply moving drama Deepwater Horizon is heading for a new home come next month. Starting in February, viewers can experience the shocking and traumatic ...

In this week’s hell-in-a-handcart news, the refusal of both the US and the UK to sign an international agreement on ...

Its funded by money from an $8 billion settlement with oil company BP, reached after its well leaked more than 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon ...

This isn't the first time President Trump has sought to reverse drilling bans. As he learned in his first term, it won't be easy.

the BP oil spill (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the Macando blowout) started on April 20, 2010, following an offshore rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Six years later, a New ...

We're told, at this time, the oil spill has no connection to last month's explosion. "The running speculation is that that containment center didn't hold, and there is a drain that goes out to the ...

He said the engine room was damaged but emphasized that the tanker remained moored and posed no risk of an oil spill. Russia's Federal Maritime and River Transport Agency confirmed that an explosion ...