Everything on the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea appeared routine during the evening shift. Workers were performing normal operations when a seemingly small oversight during maintenance set ...

When an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico claimed the lives of 11 people, the incident was declared a tragedy. Now, with the rig at the bottom of the Gulf and thousands of gallons of oil ...

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An offshore oil rig accident off Mexico’s coast was initially described as a routine industrial incident. However, conflicting reports, delayed explanations, and unanswered technical questions quickly ...

The drilling rig toppled last week during ConocoPhillips’ winter seismic and exploration work. An oil rig traveling in the far reaches of Alaska’s North Slope crashed last week, renewing concerns ...

A catastrophic error on a semi-submersible oil drilling rig in November led to five deaths when pressure plummeted in a fraction of a second.

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The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident killed five men instantly through explosive decompression in the North Sea - a catastrophic incident caused by human error on the oil rig ...