In July 1988, a fire breaks out on a vast oil rig in the North Sea, trapping Joe Meanen.

A port official said he was told the North Sea collision produced "a massive fireball" and the cargo ship's owner said one ...

A cargo ship that smashed into a US military chartered oil tanker off the northeast coast of England on Monday was carrying ...

Two ships are reported to have collided in the North Sea this morning. The incident is understood to have involved an oil ...

The (rig) safety chief said the oil wells are shut off,” the navy said in a statement. There were no reports of an oil spill in the Atlantic, 2800 kilometers south of Buenos Aires.

The US-flagged MC Stena Immaculate was hit by Portuguese cargo ship, the Solong, while anchored in the Humber Estuary in Hull ...

Flames and smoke still leap from the oil platform Piper Alpha off northeast Scotland, Thursday, July 7, 1988, after the rig ...

Oil rigs are critical for supplying the world with energy but working on a rig is not without its risks. In the eighties, a horror diving accident saw five men die after an unprecedented change ...

A major rescue operation has taken place after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea, off the ...

The manager of an oil tanker on fire near the UK said the vessel spilled jet fuel after it collided with a cargo ship off the ...

Repairs needed to restart the California refinery, which has been shut down after a February fire, are expected to be largely covered by insurance.