The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led to major changes in offshore safety - but what really caused it?

This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Oil rigs are critical for supplying the world with ... The extreme pressure saw three men's bodies explode, one man crushed and another man sucked through a small hole causing his organs to ...

BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with the federal government and five states, effectively ending litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill.

More than 30 oil ships could be at risk of deadly accidents, including explosions, an investigation from The Associated Press found. The investigation, published earlier this week, examined a ...

A critical crude oil pipeline in Nigeria’s Rivers State exploded early on Tuesday, threatening significant disruptions to the ...

WARRI, Nigeria (Reuters) -- The international workers among the 165 hostages freed Friday from offshore Nigerian oil rigs headed back to their home countries Saturday after being detained for nearly a ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States slipped this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 1-rig increase in the week prior.