The fire was out, but the scorch marks told the story aboard a workover rig in Jefferson Parish waters 20 miles south of New Orleans. At one time, flames leaped more than 100 feet in the air from the ...

Just months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, another Gulf oil rig exploded into flames Thursday.

A fire and explosion on a crude palm oil tanker at a shipyard on Indonesia’s Batam Island has killed at least 10 people and ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ohio. (WSAZ) - Several people were injured in Washington County, Ohio, after an oil rig explosion. Washington County is in the Southeastern part of Ohio. According to the St. Mary’s ...

A major oil rig explosion occurred Monday in Independence Township, Washington County, Ohio, leaving at least five people injured, according to the St. Marys Fire Chief. The incident was reported near ...

The price of crude oil is steadily declining, leading to the abandonment of oil rigs in Scotland and other countries. Disassembling these massive rigs, which weigh around a thousand tons each, is ...