(Reuters) - An offshore gas drilling platform sank off the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, less than a month after a rig sank off the coast of Louisiana and left thousands of barrels of crude oil ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A newly built Qatari offshore rig will need several months of repairs and maintenance after an accident off the Gulf nation’s coast, its owner said Tuesday. The ...

Three people have been killed in Venice after a powerboat attempting to break an offshore record slammed into an artificial spit of land in the dark, Italian firefighters and media reports said ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A contractor was killed and two others were injured Saturday during maintenance on a Chevron natural gas pipeline off the Louisiana coast, authorities said. The contractor, whose ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — One oil worker has been reported killed and nine more are missing in Azerbaijan after part of their offshore oil platform broke off in strong winds. Oil industry workers' ...

The UK offshore renewables sector has been put through its paces in a major emergency response exercise designed to test coordination among industry, government, and emergency services during a ...

The unfortunate timing of the explosion and fire aboard Black Elk Energy’s West Delta Block 32 production platform -- a day after BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from the Deepwater ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) -- Federal authorities say an offshore natural gas platform worker died after falling into Gulf waters. The Wednesday morning accident happened on an Apache Corporation ...

Offshore oil rigs can be extremely dangerous places to work. Over the last few decades, several offshore explosions have led to environmental disasters and the death of workers. Regulations have so ...

WASHINGTON - For decades, the U.S. agency that polices offshore drilling has had a laser-like focus on the companies searching for oil and gas in federal waters. But now, under the leadership of a ...