The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led to ...

April 20 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1871, the U.S. Congress passed the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, authorizing President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, ...

The tragic Deepwater Horizon explosion was depicted in the 2016 movie by the same name Deepwater Horizon is based on the tragic 2010 oil rig explosion and spill The 2016 movie took inspiration from ...

In our countdown of the year’s top food safety stories, number 3 was the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion on the area’s seafood industry: The The Gulf seafood story, which began ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — An explosion at a Texas natural gas or oil well site set off a large fire that was seen for miles and led to some evacuations, but caused no injuries, authorities said ...

1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf. 2. April 20, 2010 – An explosion occurs on board the BP-contracted ...

Oregon is leading a coalition of 24 states in a federal court challenge to President Trump’s latest tariffs, arguing the president exceeded his authority. Hours-long Vancouver standoff ends with ...

Deepwater Horizon tells the real story of the people who survived the 2010 oil rig explosion. The 2016 biographical disaster movie stars Mark Wahlberg as the real-life oil rig technician Mike Williams ...