A chronology of some of the major oil industry accidents in the last 20 years: March 1980: Alexander Keilland oil rig in Ekofisk field of North Sea broke up with fatigue fracture and capsized, killing ...

HOUSTON (AP) – Injury claims, government data and public records of oil field accidents since the start of the onshore drilling and fracking boom in 2007 show the federal government failed to ...

Tragic oil well accident in Kuwait’s Abdalli region results in the deaths of two Keralites from Thrissur and Kollam ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An accident on an oil well-maintenance platform killed two workers and injured 10 off Mexico’s coast on Tuesday, company officials reported, blaming the incident on the collapse of ...

Lee Hulse, 32, died on Friday while working on the Valaris 121 oil platform, off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland ...

REEVES COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The Reeves County Sheriff’s Office has released new information about an oil field accident that killed one and injured two others Monday night. According to RCSO, ...

A Dickinson man who died following an oil field accident was exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, according to police reports. Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.

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 ...

An extended closure of lanes on westbound Interstate 80 is expected Friday afternoon after a big rig crash and oil spill, officials said.

REEVES COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The Reeves County Sheriff’s Office has released new information about an oil field accident that killed one and injured two others Monday night. According to RCSO, ...