Shell fined after major hydrocarbon release on rig linked to corroded pipework - The Health and Safety Executive said 176 staff working on the platform were put at risk from an explosion if the ...

Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be ...

[UPDATED] Rescue efforts are underway after another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. CNN is reporting that 13 workers involved in the explosion of Vermilion Rig 380 80 miles south of Vermilion ...

Before rig workers aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizion drilling platform performed a procedure that BP says may have been a "fundamental mistake," there was a "skirmish" between BP and Transocean ...

A normal day on an oil rig in Mexico turned into a nightmare when an explosion tore through the platform. This documentary ...

KENNER, LA (WGNO) -- Three of the seven workers injured in a rig explosion in Lake Pontchartrain last night are currently in critical condition, and two of those critical patients have been ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials are saying that an explosion on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana has the potential to be a major spill. The Coast Guard is still searching for the 11 workers missing ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. At 14,000 tons and 2.5 times the height of the Statue of Liberty, the Piper Alpha oil rig was one of the largest in the world. But on July 6, 1988 ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . remember when you were playing Sim City 2000 and suddenly everything started going to hell and exploding? that's how i feel about the Gulf.less than a ...

In 1988, a massive explosion ripped through the Piper Alpha oil rig. Within minutes, the entire oil rig was on fire, forcing workers to run or plunge into the North Sea. Witness the harrowing stories ...

The new explosion on a gulf oil production platform Thursday revved up support for the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling, just as oil companies were mounting an offensive against ...