causing it to keel over and sink. But he said a tube connecting the rig to the gas field had been disconnected and safety valves activated, so there no risk of any gas leak.

An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire after an explosion on Tuesday night has now sunk, the US Coast Guard has said. A search is continuing for 11 missing workers after the blast at ...

The platform has up to 9,500 barrels of oil on board, which could leak out if the platform sinks entirely. Petrobras reports that, so far, no oil has leaked from the damaged structure. The rig had ...