Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Gas production in Offshore Fields, Lower 48 States, in about 2009
Offshore platform located in the Gulf
A mobile drilling platform in federal water offshore Louisiana, 1957
The United States offshore drilling debate is an ongoing debate in the United States about whether, the extent to which, in which areas, and under what conditions, further offshore drilling should be
Federal offshore areas withdrawn from oil and gas leasing
Oil drilling platform about two miles (3 km) off the coast of California, near Santa Barbara
Imported crude oil as a percent of U.S. consumption
BP Oil spill costs broken down by category