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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.” It’s his latest suggestion to ...

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 ...

Florida lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to wipe away the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials. Three Republican-controlled House and Senate panels gave initial approvals to ...