Drilling rig fire 2018

Safety Videos

A training video for the onshore drilling industry detailing lessons learned from the January 22, 2018, blowout and fire at the Pryor Trust gas well in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, that fatally

Investigation Report

Slips– A device used on the drilling rig floor to grip drill string when the upper portion of the drill string is disconnected from the portion of the drill string in the well.

CSB releases update of deadly drilling rig fire

A natural gas well blowout and fire on Jan. 22 killed five workers at a Pryor Trust gas well located in Pittsburg County, Okla. The incident occurred

Company found partly responsible for Oklahoma rig explosion

A Pittsburg County, Okla., jury has found National Oilwell Varco, a Houston-based company partially responsible for the 2018 explosion and fire that killed five men.

Blowout in Oklahoma

A training video for the onshore drilling industry detailing lessons learned from the January 22, 2018, blowout and fire at the Pryor Trust gas well in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma,

Errors, little oversight led to gas drillers'' deaths in

A drilling rig blowout and 7 h fire that killed five workers who were trapped in the rig''s small cabin were the result of a string of management and

List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States

Deepwater Horizon in flames after the explosion This list is complementary to the List of pipeline accidents in the United States. Large accidents, qualifying as industrial disasters are included.

JUST IN: Fire Incident Reported On Britania U Vessel

As NIMASA DG sets up incident command center ABUJA - A fire Incident was reportedly recorded Friday on a drilling vessel platform, Britania

Patterson-UTI Drilling release statement on Howard Co. oil rig fire

This morning, a fire appears to have originated from third-party equipment and spread to one of our drilling rigs in west Texas. The local fire department extinguished the fire,

Agency: Safeguards failed in fire that killed 5 at gas well

The explosion was the deadliest drilling accident since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 people.

Agency: Safeguards failed in fire that killed 5 at gas

The explosion was the deadliest drilling accident since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 people.

Warning signs preceded deadly well blowout, fire near

The blowout began one minute later, with an explosion and fire occurring soon thereafter, trapping five workers in the rig''s driller shack.

Driller at center of Oklahoma well blast has history of deadly

Patterson-UTI Energy, the contractor at the center of the deadliest U.S. drilling accident since the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in 2010, has the second worst worker

CSB Issues Final Report into Fatal Gas Well Blowout

Those were the primary barrier—hydrostatic pressure in the well, produced by drilling mud—and the secondary barrier—human detection of gas flowing into or expanding in the well and

Oklahoma Well Explosion Drilling Company Had Prior

Patterson-UTI, the company that was operating the Oklahoma gas well that exploded January 22 killing five people, has had prior fatal accidents.

Pryor Trust Fatal Gas Well Blowout and Fire

Accident Occurred On: 01/22/2018 | Final Report Released On: 06/12/2019 Accident Type: Explosion and Fire Investigation Status: The CSB''s final report was released at a news

Authorities Investigating Oklahoma Rig Explosion,

Federal and state authorities are investigating the cause of the deadly explosion and fire at a natural gas drilling rig in southeastern

Chemical Safety Board Says Deadliest Drilling

The 2018 explosion and fire outside Quinton, Oklahoma, killed five people, making it the deadliest accident in the drilling industry since 2010,

OSHA cites and fines three oil and gas companies after deadly rig

Federal authorities cited and fined three oil and gas companies for exposing workers to dangerous hazards after a deadly explosion and fire on a drilling rig in January.The

Oklahoma Well Explosion Drilling Company Had Prior

The rig, owned by Red Mountain Energy of Oklahoma City and operated by Houston-based Patterson, had been erected just weeks before

Oklahoma Well Explosion Drilling Company Had Prior Fatal

Patterson-UTI, the company that was operating the Oklahoma gas well that exploded January 22 killing five people, has had prior fatal accidents.

Quinton gas rig explosion

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Stephens County man injured in a "catastrophic" gas rig fire in eastern Oklahoma two years ago has sued the companies that owned and operated the rig.

Jury Makes $20 Million Award In Deadly Quinton Gas

A jury found that Houston-based National Oilwell Varco (NOV) was partially responsible for the January 22, 2018 oil rig well fire and explosion that

OSHA cites 3 companies over rig blast that killed 5 workers near

The workers died when the explosion and fire trapped them in the dog house of the Patterson-UTI drilling rig. Twenty-two workers were on the rig at the time and 17 escaped the explosion and

Judge drops charge in rig fire that killed 5

Patterson''s Rig 219 burned for eight hours Jan. 22, 2018, after an explosion at an oil well site near Quinton, about 100 miles southeast of Tulsa.

5 Workers Are Missing After An Explosion At Oklahoma Drilling Rig

Five oil field workers are missing after an explosion and fire Monday at a natural gas drilling site in southeastern Oklahoma.

CSB Releases Final Investigation Report into the 2018 Pryor Trust

The CSB has released its final investigation report into the 2018 blowout that fatally injured 5 workers at the Pryor Trust gas well in Pittsburgh County, OK.

Pittsburg County jury holds mud company partly responsible for

McALESTER — A jury has determined a company supplying mud services as part of a drilling operation two years ago near Quinton bears some responsibility for the fatalities.

Court Finds for Workers'' Families in Oklahoma Oil Rig Fire

A 2018 drilling rig fire in Oklahoma killed five people and destroyed the rig. Screencapture Via Two families will split a $20 million award in a wrongful death

Preventive Barriers Failed in Fatal OK Well Blowout

A failure of two preventive barriers in place to stop a blowout were the main causes of a blowout and rig fire that killed five workers at the Pryor Trust gas well in Pittsburg County,

Online Auction: 2018 Epiroc Flexiroc D55-10SF Drilling Rig

View this upcoming auction of 2018 Epiroc Flexiroc D55-10SF Drilling Rig, DXR6 Head, Flexiroc, Ardent Fire Suppression, Operating Hours: 10,104 Hours. Full details with Auction News

Drilling rig catches fire next to Starkey Town Hall on Monday

Dundee firefighters were called to Seneca St. on Monday afternoon shortly after 2:00 pm on reports of a Moravec drilling rig that caught on fire next to the Starkey Town Hall.

Training Video Focuses on Fatal OK Well Blowout

A failure of two preventive barriers in place to stop a blowout were the main causes of a blowout and rig fire that killed five workers at the Pryor Trust gas well in Pittsburg County,

CSB Releases Factual Update on Blowout and Fire at

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 16, 2018: Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a factual update into its ongoing investigation of the

Feds: Deadliest drilling accident in a decade

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.''s Rig 219 was damaged in a 2018 fire near Quinton, Okla., that killed five men. Well operator Red Mountain Energy

Largest jury verdict in Pittsburg County history for

On Tuesday, a jury awarded $20 million in a wrongful death lawsuit brought in the aftermath of the Patterson 219 oil rig fire near Quinton,

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