CHARLOTTE HARBOR, Fla. -- A rusting oil rig perched on the muddy bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, notorious for its vast "dead zone" off the Mississippi Delta, might seem an unlikely setting for a ...

Transforming old oil rigs into seaweed farms could resurrect “dead zones” in the ocean The mouth of the Mississippi is a "dead zone" where life struggles to survive. Seaweed could instill new ...

Old oil rigs could be used as fish habitats New research shows how decommissioned oil rigs can become home to fish.

Offshore oil platforms have an immense presence, physically, financially and environmentally. Some 6,000 rigs pump petroleum and natural gas worldwide. But as they extract hydrocarbons from deep ...

Energy The Case For Saving Old Offshore Oil Rigs Should nonproducing oil rigs be demolished, or are the habitats marine life have built around them too valuable to compromise?

The latest California oil spill has made clear it's time to shut down old rigs. That's easier said than done.

A decommissioned oil rig is due to be transformed into an interactive art installation dubbed 'See Monster'. The 450-tonne structure has been delivered to Weston-super-Mare beach in North Somerset ...

Federal law says old oil rigs must be removed, but one off the Louisiana coast attracts thousands of sea creatures ...

Built to withstand extreme conditions and house hundreds of people, the size, complexity, and location of oil rigs makes dismantling them a massive task.

Oil spills are likely to increase as fossil fuel use tapers, and oil companies put off upgrades to aging infrastructure, experts say.

Can an oil rig be a nature reserve? What should we do with our old oil rigs? Can the relics of the fossil fuel age be good for wildlife? Show more ...

An inferno caught on a decommissioned oil rig in Alabama Wednesday, allowing “potential hazards” to spill into the water below, officials said.