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An 8-day long fire then consumed at least 45 acres of storage tanks and damaged nearby homes and businesses. In addition to a boy killed in his home, one Standard Oil workman died of a heart attack, another 40 were injured, and 1,500 evacuated. [49] On Nov 23, 1957, 2 workers were killed in a Whiting Standard of Indiana refinery fire. [49]
The bulldozer operator was unable to find the shutoff valve for the gas line, and shortly after there was an explosion and fire. Seven children and two adults were killed, and three children were seriously injured in the accident. [180] [181] June 1 – An 8-inch propane pipeline ruptured in a landslide near Plainfield, Ohio. Four different ...
The rig was 41 mi (66 km) off the Louisiana coast. The US Coast Guard launched a rescue operation after the explosion which killed 11 workers and critically injured seven of the 126-member crew. [35] [36] Deepwater Horizon was completely destroyed and subsequently sank.
Jun. 18—Oil and natural gas production remains strong despite a continuing decline in the number of drilling rigs that are operating and industry spokesmen say production will probably not be ...
Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is down two from last week at 616 rigs. A year ago, 779 rigs were active. The count shows that 494 rigs sought oil, down two from the previous week, and 118
Feb. 2—The rig count in the Permian Basin was up one this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 311 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 354 rigs were active in the region.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was discovered on the afternoon of 22 April 2010 when a large oil slick began to spread at the former rig site. [1] According to the Flow Rate Technical Group, the leak amounted to about 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal; 780,000 m 3) of oil, exceeding the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill as the largest ever to originate in U.S.-controlled waters and the 1979 ...
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