British energy giant BP acknowledged responsibility for the clean-up from a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico that could continue spewing crude oil for at least another week.

An oil platform which was rocked by a massive explosion two days ago has sunk in the Gulf of Mexico, the US Coast Guard said today.

An oil rig was evacuated today after gunmen seized a British oil worker in a dawn attack, a company spokesman said.

STRIKING Nigerian oil workers will release hundreds of hostages they’ve held for weeks aboard rigs off the West African nation’s shore, negotiators said yesterday.