The oil drilling platform blew up 15 years ago, triggering the worst single environmental disaster in the nation’s history.

In late April an explosive blowout of the well had turned the Deepwater Horizon, one of the world's most advanced drill rigs, into a pile of charred and twisted metal at the bottom of the sea.

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- April 20 marks the 15 th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which remains the worst oil spill in U.S. history. An analysis released by Oceana ...

With moves into deeper waters becoming more common as the search for new hydrocarbons continues, the regulatory framework needs to change.

WASHINGTON — Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at expanding drilling in the Arctic and opening other ...

BP told Transocean, owners of the Deepwater Horizon rig, to plug the well and beat a retreat while it worked out what to do. It was a wise decision. When the same platform was deployed to the ...

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN)-- The first relief well BP is drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could intercept the leaking Deepwater Horizon well in seven to 10 days, the man heading the federal ...

Eight years later, the Deepwater Horizon disaster made it clear that no lessons had been learned. A Rare Look at Tucker Cars The Art of Sausage Making National Treasure: The History of the Lie ...

In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its drilling. However, the project for the ...

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, dolphins living in the area had changes in the activity of genes that regulate lung tissue growth and immune system responses ...