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At least one contractor was killed after a fire struck an offshore platform operated by Mexico's national oil company Pemex, the firm said in a statement on Sunday, adding that two others were in ...
Between 2005 and 2007, Transocean was the owner of 30% of oil rigs active in the Gulf, and 33% of the incidents that triggered a Minerals Management Service (MMS) investigation took place on Transocean rigs. However, in the 3 years from 2008 to February 15, 2010, Transocean was the owner of 42% of rigs active in the Gulf but was responsible for ...
Oil well fires are oil or gas wells that have caught on fire and burn. They can be the result of accidents, arson , or natural events, such as lightning . They can exist on a small scale, such as an oil field spill catching fire, or on a huge scale, as in geyser -like jets of flames from ignited high pressure wells.
Two workers died and another was injured after a fire broke out over the weekend at the biggest domestic refinery owned and operated by Mexico's state oil company Pemex, a company official said on ...
A massive fire at a south Louisiana oil refinery sent a tower of black smoke billowing into the air above the Mississippi River on Friday, forcing nearby residents to evacuate for several hours as ...
December 27, 2017 - A fire broke out at an oil tank, in Cherokee County. [190] January 3, 2018 - An oil tank fire in Madison County. [191] January 24, 2018 - An explosion & fire at an oil rig injures 1, in Karnes County. [192] Feb. 25, 2018 - A lightning strike caused an explosion & fire, at an oil storage facility in Gonzales County. [193]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding in waters near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and ...
The oil leak was discovered on the afternoon of 22 April 2010 when a large oil slick began to spread at the former rig site. [41] The oil flowed for 87 days. BP originally estimated a flow rate of 1,000 to 5,000 barrels per day [bbl/d] (160 to 790 m 3 /d).