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 ...
One of the worst environmental catastrophes in American history occurred on April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded. Operating in the Macondo Prospect, a deep-sea oil reservoir ...
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 ...