Installed in 2,860 feet (871.7 m) of water, the Auger TLP reportedly set a world water-depth record for a drilling and production platform, and surpassed the existing Gulf of Mexico record by more ...

“It's real, it's real. They are firing at us”, replies the oil rig worker. The attack was the latest in a troubling surge of piracy in the Gulf of Mexico that is causing alarm in maritime ...

Some oil companies have begun evacuating personnel from offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on a precautionary basis. Companies that have announced evacuations include Shell, Chevron ...