On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea became the site of one of the deadliest offshore disasters in history. A maintenance error triggered a gas leak that quickly ignited into ...

One person is missing and seven were injured after an explosion at an oil rig in a Louisiana lake just north of North Orleans. The explosion happened just after 7 p.m. Sunday in Lake Pontchartrain off ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes “beyond petroleum.” That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company’s inability to ...

A massive explosion and blaze at an oil well in Texas has caused a frantic evacuation. Videos shared online show flames lighting up the night sky in Etoile, Texas. Emergency crews swarmed to the scene ...

Authorities in Nacogdoches County, Texas, are responding to a reported explosion and fire at an oil well site. Emergency crews have been arriving at the scene.

Five people are missing after a fiery explosion ripped through an eastern Oklahoma drilling rig on Monday, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and leaving a derrick crumpled on the ground, ...