Drilling rig collapse

Young: Heritage assisting private company whose rig collapsed

Energy and Energy Industries Minister Stuart Young is confirming that state owned oil and gas company Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd is providing assistance to a privately operated rig

Feds: Deadliest drilling accident in a decade ''preventable''

The 2018 explosion and fire outside Quinton, Okla., killed five people, making it the deadliest accident in the drilling industry since 2010, when a BP oil rig exploded and killed 11

Drill rig collapses onto cars on State Street in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A drill rig at a construction site collapsed onto cars on State Street in downtown Salt Lake. The operator sustained injuries. The collapse happened just after 9...

MAJESTIC RIG INCIDENT: "Negligence, Non

Maritime Nigeria gathered the ABS Classed inland Water Drilling rig which is 232 feet-long Barge, with a rated drilling depth of 30,000 feet

Massive drilling rig collapses in downtown Salt Lake City, injuring

The collapse of a massive drilling rig that injured one man in downtown Salt Lake City late Tuesday is under investigation, according to the Salt Lake City Fire Department.

A drilling rig collapses resulting in the disappearance of a worker

In the early hours of December 22 local time, a jack-up drilling rig collapsed in the waters of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (a small country located in the southern

One missing after oil rig sinks off Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN: An oil rig sank in the waters off Trinidad Sunday, leaving one worker missing, the company and oil workers union said. The rig, operated by Well Services in

Rig collapse caught on camera

As the dust settles, the crew members slowly emerge from their hiding places, assessing the damage. Miraculously, everyone appears to be physically unharmed, but the rig is in disarray.

Fatal Red Sea rig accident: 4 dead, 6 crew members

GUPCO''s (Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company) marine tower received a distress call about the accident. Egyptian petroleum sector sources

Russia in flames after oil rig collapses – watch moment it topples

Vladimir Putin has suffered another dramatic blow after a drilling rig collapsed and burst into flames in Siberia, leaving three workers in critical condition and raising fresh questions over the

One dead, three missing as Seplat Energy drilling rig

Seplat Energy on Tuesday announced that one person died and three others were missing as its drilling rig collapsed in Delta State. Roger

Evacuation as oil rig collapses in the Gulf of Paria

An oil rig owned and operated by Well Services Petroleum Company Limited has collapsed in waters off Trinidad''s south-west peninsular.

Crew member missing after rig collapse | Upstream

The incident occurred in the early hours of December 22 when the Well Services-owned jack-up Rig 110 was carrying out drilling operations at an

Major Oil Rig Disasters of 20th & 21st Century

Offshore Accidents of the 20th & 21st Centuries History''s Worst Oil Rig Explosions, Spills & Accidents Drilling for oil is inherently dangerous. Workers

Trinidad Drilling Rig Collapse: 47-Year-Old worker

Trinidad Drilling Rig Collapse: 47-Year-Old worker remains missing, pregnant wife awaits his return His 7-month pregnant wife, Candacy

SW Jack Drilling

2008: "State and federal officials investigated a drilling rig collapse that killed two men in Upshur County, Texas. According to a State Police news release, the accident

One missing after oil rig sinks off Trinidad

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AFP) - An oil rig sank in the waters off Trinidad Sunday, leaving one worker missing, the company and

Drill rig collapse in Türkiye''s Sirnak leaves 3 injured

A drill rig collapse at the Sehit Aybuke Yalcin in Türkiye''s Sirnak oil exploration site on Gabar Mountain has injured three individuals, according to

The leading causes of drilling rig disasters

Rig explosions, fires, capsizing/sinking, oil spills, and the loss of workers and marine lives have been the most catastrophic forms of offshore oil and gas drilling disasters in the

Ocean Ranger

Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland,