A body found in the Gulf of Mexico has been identified as that of a Filipino oil worker who went missing after an explosion on an offshore platform Nov. 16....

HOUSTON–Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC, which owns the U.S. Gulf of Mexico platform that suffered a lethal explosion last week, must take immediate steps to improve the safety of...

A video surfaced Monday showing Friday morning’s explosion on board a production platform located just off the Louisiana coast in the US Gulf of Mexico. The video was captured by a TV...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued a subpoena to the owner of the oil and gas platform that exploded last week, the government agency said Monday. The explosion Friday of Black Elk...

*UPDATE*  as of 5:25PM on 17 November:  The USCG has suspended its search for the 2 missing rig workers.  In the past 32 hours, 1,400 square miles of ocean have...

HOUSTON–An oil and gas platform exploded and caught fire off the coast of Louisiana on Friday, injuring 11, leaving two missing and resulting in a two-by-a-quarter mile oil sheen around...