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Category Archives: OIL RIG ACCIDENTS
Another Oil Rig Explodes Off Louisiana Gulf Coast
OIL RIG EXPLOSION | MARINER ENERGY RIG VERMILLION 380 EXPLOSION News has just broken that another oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Few details are available at this time, but it appears the blast occurred around 9:30 …
Louisiana Gulf Coast Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion
A Coast Guard Web site shows video of the fire on Tuesday night and the subsequent rescue efforts, including a clip, posted on the Web site of the Houston Chronicle, which shows a helicopter crew from New Orleans hoisting a …
Carrizo Springs, Texas Oil Rig Explosion
An oil rig explosion outside of Carrizo Springs, Texas in May 2008 injured six workers. Two of the workers sustained severe burns, and had to be airlifted to Brooke Army Medical Center. One of the workers, 67-year-old Jesse Beltran, would …
Usumacinta Oil Rig Disaster
In October 2007, 21 workers on the Usumacinta oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico died after the rig hit an oil platform in stormy weather. The Usumacinta rig was operated by PEMEX, Mexico’s state-owned oil company.
The Greenhill Petroleum Corporation Well Blowout
The Greenhill Petroleum Corporation Well Blowout, which occurred on September 29, 1992, in Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, resulted in the injury of one person. The offshore oil rig caught fire after it had been spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico …
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