Divers Aim To Reach Capsized Vessel in Search For Survivors April 16, 2021 By Stacey Plaisance, Kevin Mcgill and Jeff Martin PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — With 12 people still missing from a capsized oil industry vessel, Coast Guard divers waited...
Hurricane Delta Halting Oil Production From Platforms, Refineries October 9, 2020 By Erwin Seba HOUSTON — Hurricane Delta raked across the Gulf of Mexico, halting most of the region’s offshore oil output on Thursday...
Operator Blamed for Deadly Louisiana Platform Blast November 6, 2013 Nearly a year after three Filipino welders died in an oil platform explosion off Louisiana’s coast, the federal offshore safety...
Blowout Could Tip Regulator Focus to Shallow Water August 1, 2013 By JEFF AMY Last week’s blowout on a natural gas rig off the Louisiana coast could shift regulators’ focus to shallow water drilling...
Gas Well in the Gulf Continues to Burn July 25, 2013 By KEVIN McGILL An out-of-control natural gas well off the Louisiana coast continued to burn Wednesday after it caught fire following a blowout...