On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea became the site of one of the deadliest offshore disasters in history. A maintenance error triggered a gas leak that quickly ignited into ...

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 ...

Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil ...

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 ...