[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 ...

PITTSBURG CO., OKLA. — Deputies in Pittsburg County confirm they are working an explosion near Quinton on Monday morning about 9:30 a.m. Officials tell us that about 15 workers were working on an oil ...

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 ...

Multiple people are seriously hurt after an oil rig explosion in Washington County, Ohio. Washington County is located in eastern Ohio, near West Virginia. Sign up for our Newsletters According to the ...

The first solid looks at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion are indicative of a trend of poorly regulated offshore rigs across the United States. Suggested Reading Black Man Who Saved Baby From ...

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 ...

The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led to ...

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 ...