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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.
Date: 6 and 7 July 1988: Time: Approximately 22:00 (first explosion)Location: Piper Alpha platform, Piper oilfield, North Sea (UK sector) Coordinates: 1]: Type: Explosion and fire: Cause: - Startup of a condensate pump that had not been mechanically isolated due to ongoing maintenance - Lack of protection by design of gas risers: Filmed by: Scottish Television: Deaths: 167: Property damage: £ ...
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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 ...
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On April 20, 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]
With oil now spewing into the ocean, an oil-covered pelican flies into the bridge of a nearby vessel, the Damon Bankston, which was there to collect the drilling mud from the well, and dies; the vessel heads towards the rig just as the workers begin a frantic evacuation, sending out a rescue team after seeing the rig burst into flames. Harrell ...
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 ...