Category: Drilling Accidents
Despite the negative impacts the COVID-19 pandemic had on many industries, the oil and gas sector has not only recovered—it’s achieving new highs. Production has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, and struggling oil companies have recovered and boomed. Additionally, exports of crude oil and gas have both hit record heights, outpacing global…
OSHA just released a list of the top ten violations for 2022. Each year, they make a list to determine the most commonly found OSHA violations in the workplace. They do so that they can then work to address the major common issues and help companies mitigate risk in the…
Climate change has been a major issue for years, with experts and civilians alike working to fight it. But in recent years, a new aspect of our global environmental crisis has begun to unfold: abandoned oil sites. The Environmental Protection Agency reported that there are roughly 3.2 million abandoned oil…
Five workers killed when gas well in Oklahoma explodes. Another worker flown by life flight to hospital. Initial reports of a blowout at the well followed by an uncontrolled release of gas. A massive fireball and thick black smoke erupted from a gas well in Pittsburg County in eastern Oklahoma…
Massive bolts on these wells are failing and could lead to major oil leaks and injuries on the Texas coast. Massive bolts used to connect subsea equipment on offshore wells are failing. This issue is calling into question the safety of the workers on oil rigs and platforms in the…
The number of oil and gas workers killed on the job in Texas increased in 2012 by nearly 60 percent from the previous year, according to a recent investigation by the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle’s investigative report, Peril in the Oil Patch, revealed that 65 oil and gas workers died…
Two explosions in Texas in as many days, one at a salt water disposal site and one at an oil well site, left men suffering burn injuries. The two men were hospitalized and investigations into the causes of the explosions are underway. The first explosion occurred Monday morning, October 7,…
On the morning of Tuesday, September 24, 2013, an explosion occurred on an oil rig near Falls City in Karnes County, Texas. At the time, 6 workers were checking a pressure valve when it burst scalding each of the men with hot water and steam. While two of the men were…
