The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led to major changes in offshore safety - but what really caused it?

A critical crude oil pipeline in Nigeria’s Rivers State exploded early on Tuesday, threatening significant disruptions to the ...

In July 1988, a fire breaks out on a vast oil rig in the North Sea, trapping Joe Meanen.

Oil rigs are critical for supplying the world with energy but working on a rig is not without its risks. In the eighties, a horror diving accident saw five men die after an unprecedented change ...

BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with the federal government and five states, effectively ending litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill.

Offshore drilling is a direct result of the growing global appetite for oil and gas ... area when a giant bubble of methane caused an explosion and fire that sank the rig and claimed 11 lives.

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 2-rig increase in the week prior.

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 4-rig increase in the week prior.

On the eighth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that set off the worst oil spill in U.S. history, thousands ...

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, was steady at 592 in the week to March 14. , , . Sign up here. Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count down 37, or about 6% ...