DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Qatari company says one of its oil drilling rigs will need several months of repairs and maintenance after an accident off the Gulf nation’s coast. Gulf ...
A 21-meter drilling rig collapsed onto a busy road in Daegu on Wednesday, injuring three people and disrupting traffic. The ...
What started as routine drilling ended in a geological nightmare. Lake Peigneur collapsed into the ground, swallowing barges, land, and a massive drilling rig—leaving behind Louisiana’s deepest lake.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called for a congressional investigation of safety practices at offshore oil rigs. Nelson, a Florida Democrat who has led opposition to offshore drilling, said he asked the U.S.
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A catastrophic error on a semi-submersible oil drilling rig in November led to five deaths when pressure plummeted in a fraction of a second.
Last Friday, a 39-year-old man was crushed to death during drilling operations at the Berwyndale South coalbed methane project in Queensland. Exactly a week earlier, a 54-year-old caterer on board the ...