Sentences with phrase «oil rig fires»

Previous exploration was stopped after an oil rig fire and safety failures.

My editor, former oil rig fire fighter Jim Adair — or was that kung fu fighter — gave me some advice when I started this mission some years back.

Not exact matches

But if you explain that you're in the middle of a real crisis — like if the oil rig is on fire — you're sure to get far different results.

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait's state - run oil company says it has contained a fire at an onshore oil rig in the country's southwestern oilfields.

This crackdown is partly due to a string of recent, highly - publicized disasters including the West Virginia coal mine explosion, an oil rig south of Louisiana that blew up, and a fire at a Washington State oil refinery.

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010.

The fire that caused an oil rig to explode on Tuesday has resulted in a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, with a oil slick about 10 miles in diameter covering the ocean surface.

The study challenges the estimate by federal officials, based on the amount of oil on the sea surface, that around 5000 barrels (800 cubic metres) of oil per day are pouring into the sea from the site where the BP - operated drilling rig Deepwater Horizon was destroyed by fire last month.

Artist Statement on DEEPHORIZON: «The supreme discipline of art — oil painting — is back with a vengeance — in the form of an oil painting on a 80.000 square miles ocean canvas with 32 million litres of oil — a unique piece of art... It has been 13 days since a BP oil and gas exploration well blew out, setting fire to the drilling rig, which sank, killing 11 people.

It would prevent further deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico until officials determine what went wrong in the April 20 explosion and fire at an oil rig that led to oil gushing into the ocean 5,000 feet below the surface.

Since the Deepwater Horizon incident unleashed 4.9 million barrels of oil the Gulf of Mexico suffered another rig explosion and fire at the Vermilion Block 380 A Platform on 2 September 2010.

When an oil production platform caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana coast last week, a collective gasp would have been appropriate — from the residents of coastal Louisiana, who are no strangers to offshore oil rig disasters, from the fossil fuel industry, which is priming itself for a golden age under the incoming Trump Administration, and from the American public, whose oil reliance remains unchecked despite increasing awareness of both the massive downside of fossil fuel use and the increasing availability of clean, renewable energy sources.

A new report by The Center for Public Integrity reveals that, in the hours after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caught on fire, the US Coast Guard failed to follow its own internal firefighting procedures, potentially causing the

This federal law helps ensure that victims of oil rig accidents, fires and explosions obtain compensation for physical, emotional and financial damages resulting from their job.

If you believe negligence played part in an oil rig accident, fire or explosion that injured yourself or caused the death of a loved one, you may be entitled to compensation by filing a personal injury claim.

A pioneer of group actions for consumers in disasters of all kinds — financial, transport and product liability — he was instrumental in many landmark cases, e.g. Equitable Life, the Herald of Free Enterprise and Marchioness sinkings, the Kings Cross fire, Piper Alpha oil rig explosion, Lockerbie air disaster and Benzodiazepine product liability.

There are fantastic potential developments in drone use, such as crime prevention, fire detection and control, search and rescue, scientific research, inspection of industrial structures (oil rigs, power plants, pylons and power lines), media and journalism and creative and artistic projects.