Oil Spill, Oil Rig Explosion | featured news

An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused a massive oil spill.

US President Barack Obama is due to meet relatives of the 11 workers killed in an explosion on the BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.A presidential spokesman said he would express his condolences to relatives.

There's no way to stop oily water from reaching land along the Gulf Coast, but experts will use tools both massive and microscopic to clean it up.

Satellite images show Gulf spill has grown tremendously in a couple days as rough seas thwart cleanup effort.

President Obama on Friday sought to reassure Gulf communities that the federal government is committed to helping them deal with the massive oil slick working its way to shore.

Administration wants investigations into a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico to be completed before any expansion of offshore oil drilling.

BP Plc will clean up an oil spill from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico and compensate those affected, its chief executive said, accepting that the disaster could hit plans to open new areas off the U.S. coast to drilling.

A spill that threatens to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster begins washing ashore along the Gulf Coast, reaching the Mississippi River delta.

New estimates show 5,000 barrels of oil a day could be spilling out of remains of offshore rig.