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Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiarity of Fred Olsen Energy.Byford Dolphin was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda, [1] and drilled seasonally for various companies in the British, Danish, and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea.
July 23, 2018 - An oil rig caught on fire in Howard County. [203] August 21, 2018 - An oil tank battery in Southeast Atascosa County caught fire. [204] August 28, 2018 - A fire broke out at a Plains All American Pipeline crude storage tank east of Wichita Falls, Texas. [205] March 17, 2019 - An explosion & fire hit a tank farm in Deer Park ...
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 ...
Researchers into an oil rig disaster which killed 123 workers more than 40 years ago are seeking information about three Britons who died. The Alexander Kielland platform capsized in stormy ...
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, 267 kilometres (166 mi) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, for Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd. (MOCAN) with 84 crew members on board when it sank.
The company describes itself as "one of the leading independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the Gulf of Mexico," with about 85% of its production coming from offshore ...
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]
The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized tighter rules for complex devices meant to prevent catastrophic blowouts on offshore oil and gas drilling rigs, reversing some Trump administration ...