In the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Congress encouraged companies to go deep as early as 1995. That year it passed a law forgiving royalties on deepwater oil fields leased between 1996 and 2000.

the catastrophic oil spill that tainted Louisiana’s shores more than a decade ago didn’t take place in the Gulf of Mexico. It took place in the Gulf of America. The company is one of several ...

In its fourth-quarter news release and slides, Houston-based Occidental OXY-N refers to its U.S. offshore oil and gas holdings as being located in the Gulf of America, reflecting the contentious ...

It began with an air assault and continued on the ground. Iraq released millions of barrels of oil into the Persian Gulf. The spill covered an area 100 miles by 40 miles and was five inches thick ...