DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A newly built Qatari offshore rig will need several months of repairs and maintenance after an accident off the Gulf nation’s coast, its owner said Tuesday. The ...

Fifteen workers were killed and 180 injured in an explosion at a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, on March 23, 2005. An ...

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called for a congressional investigation of safety practices at offshore oil rigs. Nelson, a Florida Democrat who has led opposition to offshore drilling, said he asked the U.S.

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 ...

Multiple people were killed after an explosion on Friday at a military explosives plant in Tennessee, and 19 people were ...

Off-shore oil drilling currently accounts for over 35% of the world's total oil production, and that number has consistently risen over recent history. While a majority of oil extraction takes place ...

The new explosion on a gulf oil production platform Thursday revved up support for the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling, just as oil companies were mounting an offensive against ...

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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