The Gulf of Mexico has been a site for previous disasters caused by oil production. In 2010, a BP oil rig exploded, releasing over 130 million gallons of crude oil into the body of water, making ...

A pit of fire burned in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday after an underwater pipeline rupture. Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said in a tweet that the fire was ...

As Gulf burns, video recirculates of Bill Nye The Science Guy and Ellen DeGeneres hyping drilling at Exxon Disney ride ‘Ocean on fire’: Flames erupt in Gulf of Mexico after gas pipeline ruptures ...

A massive fire that broke out on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Friday has been extinguished, but the incident is raising questions about the risks of undersea pipelines.