When ConocoPhillips won federal approval last year to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, environmental groups warned the ...

The rig dubbed “The Beast” crashed to the ground while being moved Friday amid an ongoing winter exploration program in the ...

A massive oil drilling rig toppled over on the tundra of Alaska’s North Slope as it was being moved Friday afternoon, ...

Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be ...

In past disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the federal government was in charge. But this time, BP - the oil giant that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig - has been designated the “responsible ...

Many of the workers on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig were worried about potential accidents, but feared reprisals if they came forward and reported mistakes.

Concerns are growing over an oil slick off Chinas east coast after an Iranian tanker, the Sanchi, exploded and sank a week ago following a collision at sea. - Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain, 1979 ...