One of the biggest offshore disasters in history. In July 1988, a fire breaks out on the Piper Alpha - a vast oil rig in the North Sea. Those stationed on board are thrust into a hell on earth.

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Five Mexican oil workers were robbed and beaten by gun-toting “pirates” on a rig Feb. 14 in the Bay of Campeche, the state-run oil company workers union said.

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where an oil storage reservoir caught fire on Thursday night. One of the drones did not explode and a controlled detonation of it will now take place, emergency services of the Southern Federal ...

A crew member of a cargo ship that struck a US-flagged oil tanker today is still missing ... ship hit the MV Stena Immaculate causing it to explode into a 'massive fireball' off the Yorkshire ...

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by two to 590 in the week to April 4. , , Sign up here. Baker Hughes said this week's decline put the total rig count down 30 ...

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, was steady at 592 in the week to March 14. , , . Sign up here. Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count down 37, or about 6% ...

One additional rig was drilling offshore for a total of 14 rigs working for the week. US oil-directed rigs were unchanged from last week at 486 units. A year ago, 504 units were drilling for oil.

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) is a leading international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. Shares of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) have again surged last week after ...