A normal day on an oil rig in Mexico turned into a nightmare when an explosion tore through the platform. This documentary explores how the disaster unfolded, the lives lost, and the lessons learned ...

Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be ...

Just months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, another Gulf oil rig exploded into flames Thursday.

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In 1988, a massive explosion ripped through the Piper Alpha oil rig. Within minutes, the entire oil rig was on fire, forcing workers to run or plunge into the North Sea. Witness the harrowing stories ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. At 14,000 tons and 2.5 times the height of the Statue of Liberty, the Piper Alpha oil rig was one of the largest in the world. But on July 6, 1988 ...