Shell, which maintains U.S. headquarters in Houston, has a 79 percent interest and INEOS a 21 percent interest in the ...

Oil companies have offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in the first offshore lease sale in the region since 2023 ...

The move comes as offshore operators seek to make existing wells more efficient as oil prices continue to flag.

The revised total for winning bids in this month’s Gulf of Mexico lease sale was about $21 million more than initially announced.

Opposition is growing to the Trump administration’s plan to expand offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including ...

An image shared online in December 2025 was an authentic drone picture of a gargantuan octopus spotted in the Gulf of Mexico.

President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Trump issued an executive order shortly after taking office to rename the gulf, and in ...

The Giant Eclipse Octopus is going viral on Facebook. The page Science and Space Daily uploaded a picture of a Kraken-like creature and claimed it was supposedly found in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine ...

TALLAHASSEE — After President Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about ...

Alabama lawmakers moved closer to renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Wednesday. The Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Committee, voting along party lines, approved HB247 ...

TALLAHASSEE — After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued ...