World’s Worst Oil Rig Disaster EXPLAINED (Hour by Hour) Posted: November 25, 2025 | Last updated: November 25, 2025 On July 6th, 1988, disaster struck! Once the pride of the North Seaturned into one ...

The Alexander Kielland platform (on the right) was being used as accommodation for workers from a nearby oil rig [Unknown/Norwegian Petroleum Museum] British families of those killed in a Norwegian ...

When we burn fuel sources such as coal, oil, and gasoline, they pollute the air for everyone. But even the process of extracting them from the environment causes significant harm to the communities ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The images are unforgettable. When a B.P. oil rig exploded in 2010, 11 people lost their lives and millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. It is one of the worst ...

When an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico claimed the lives of 11 people, the incident was declared a tragedy. Now, with the rig at the bottom of the Gulf and thousands of gallons of oil ...

Concerns are growing over an oil slick off Chinas east coast after an Iranian tanker, the Sanchi, exploded and sank a week ago following a collision at sea. - Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain, 1979 ...

Many of the workers on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig were worried about potential accidents, but feared reprisals if they came forward and reported mistakes.

From Bhopal to the draining of the Aral Sea, discover some of the worst man-made disasters that have occurred around the ...

In past disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the federal government was in charge. But this time, BP - the oil giant that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig - has been designated the “responsible ...