NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal regulators did not need this week's explosion aboard a state-of-the-art rig to know the offshore drilling industry needed new safety rules: Dozens of deaths and hundreds of ...

Deputies say 68-year-old Guillermo Contreras of Liberty died after being run over by the trailer of an 18-wheeler on Monday.

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A drilling contractor performing “investigative work” pierced a hole through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel Wednesday, causing a leak that forced officials to close the tunnel ...

Deepwater Horizon workers did a hip-hop safety dance aboard the oil rig. May 4, 2010 — -- The federal agency charged with enforcing safety on deepwater oil rigs has also played a major role in ...

The order against EOG Resources Inc. will remain in place until DEP can finish its investigation. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania regulators halted work Monday at dozens of unfinished natural gas wells ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department is taking longer to approve permits to drill for oil and gas offshore in shallow waters to ensure new safety rules are met, a top ...