On July 6, 1988, 167 men lost their lives on the Piper Alpha oil rig in what remains the world’s worst offshore catastrophe.

The North Sea platform was the world's largest oil producer—but a routine shift change led to catastrophe.

Ang Infographics Show World’s worst oil rig disaster explained (hour by hour) Posted: April 29, 2026 | Last updated: May 1, 2026 On July 6th, 1988, disaster struck! Once the pride of the North ...

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What began as a routine operation on a Mexican oil rig quickly turned into something far more serious. A series of events unfolded that left little time to react once things started going wrong. As ...

1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf. 2. April 20, 2010 – An explosion occurs on board the BP-contracted ...

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has completed its plan to roll back major offshore-drilling safety regulations that were put in place after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in 2010 that ...

Multiple workers from West Cumbria were among those killed when the Alexander Kielland Oil Rig capsized in 1980.

On December 22, 1972, a joint venture of four oil companies discovered the deepwater Piper oilfield. After conducting seismic mapping, they confirmed the area—located in the North Sea roughly halfway ...