Safety scare for North Sea oil rigs

Government safety inspectors have blasted oil companies for failing to deal with serious corrosion on North Sea rigs that could put lives in danger and lead to a disaster. On one rig corroded pipes led to a “significant quantity” of gas leaking and it was “fortunate” there was no explosion.The revelations are in reports from [...]

Mariner Energy’s Oil Rig Fire In Gulf Due To Corroded Equipment, Generator Failure

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released the findings of its investigation into a fire last September on a oil platform about 100 miles off the coast of Louisiana, an incident reflecting continuing safety problems with offshore oil drilling. The agency found that the fire was caused by the collapse of a fire [...]