gulf of mexico

File photo of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue operation. (Photo Credit: U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Boaters

After The U.S. Coast Guard Rescue crews searched approximately 5,400 miles for four boaters missing since last week, the search was suspended Sunday.

2013/04/22

(Photo Credit: Matthew Belson/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

Coast Guard Rescues Boater; Searches For Others

The Coast Guard rescued one boater in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, then turned search efforts to four others.

2013/04/19

Testimony: BP Manager Frustrated Shortly Before Gulf Oil Spill

A BP team leader who supervised managers on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 says he was frustrated by last-minute changes to the drilling project but didn’t have any safety concerns before the deadly blast.

2013/04/15

File photo of a shrimp boat. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

3 Men Rescued From Burning Shrimp Boat Off Texas

Three people have escaped from a shrimp boat that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Texas coast.

2013/04/12

BP Calls First Witness At Trial Over Gulf Spill

BP is scheduled to call its first witness at a trial designed to determine causes and assign blame for its April 2010 well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

2013/04/08

File photo of a BP sign. (credit: CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)

Trial Set To Open For Gulf Oil Spill Litigation

Nearly three years after a deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster.

2013/02/25

In this handout from the U.S. Coast Guard, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph sits idle on Feb. 11, 2013 in the Gulf of Mexico. (credit: Paul McConnell/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

Passenger: Carnival Officials Have ‘Been Lying To Us From The Beginning’

A passenger on the disabled cruise ship slowly headed to shore says conditions on board are terrible, with feces and urine on the floor and cases of food poisoning.

2013/02/14

File photo of a cruise ship. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Carnival President Downplays Possibility Of Disease Outbreak Aboard Disabled Ship

A cruise line says it is making the passengers stranded aboard a disabled ship in the Gulf of Mexico as comfortable as possible with running water and some working bathrooms, contradicting the accounts of some passengers who told relatives of filthy, hot conditions and limited access to food.

2013/02/13

Hundreds Of Houston McDonald’s Employees Reportedly Among Passengers On Stranded Carnival Cruise Ship

Passengers aboard a cruise vessel stranded in the Gulf of Mexico after a weekend engine fire have limited access to bathrooms, food and hot coffee, but also a new destination: Mobile, Ala.

2013/02/12

In this handout image provided be the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010 near New Orleans, La. (credit: U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

Federal Judge Approves Agreement For BP To Pay $4 Billion In Oil Spill Settlement

A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company’s role in the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

2013/01/29

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