Most of the time when something goes wrong on an oil rig, it is not a minor issue. For example, the 2010 Deep Water Horizon disaster killed 11 workers and left hundreds injured. While disasters such as this receive widespread media coverage, accidents with less severe results, a worker caught by equipment, a fall from […]

When an explosion does happen, the consequences can be extremely serious. According to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) (the governmental body that regulates all oil/gas production from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf), in 2021, there were four explosions on U.S. offshore oil/gas rigs; one explosion happened on a U.S. offshore oil/gas rig […]