Oil industry executives in the US call the Gulf of Mexico the "wild wild west", a place where regulations are rarely enforced and offshore operators can do ...

By David Lepeska, Contributor / September 6, 2010 The rise of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf is a now-familiar tale. Tiny societies of pearl divers, ...

The autumn shrimping season opened on schedule on 16 August and the authorities have steadily been opening up more of the Gulf for fishing. ...

The accusations come as the Persian Gulf Arab kingdom gears up for parliamentary elections. By Alexandra Sandels, Los Angeles Times When Nabeel Rajab saw ...

L) said its operations in the US-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico had not been affected by Tropical Storm Hermine, which churned toward a landfall near ...

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of ...

Several investigations are under way to figure out what caused the catastrophe.

The Gulf Coast Oil Spill, An oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire Thursday morning, reigniting the political debate over the safety of offshore wells.... Washington Post ( 9/5/2010 6:14:26 PM -08:00 ) ...

A Press-Register examination of the process used to reopen state waters around the Gulf to commercial fishing suggests that the Food and Drug Administration used an imprecise testing method, less protective standards than after past oil ...

Newly discovered bacteria have been discovered that might be breaking down huge plumes of oil from the Gulf oil spill, say scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Scientists have found a 22-mile long jelly-like plume ...