Oil rig explosions can happen when flammable gases, vapors, or liquids escape and come into contact with an ignition source.

This frame grab of a video from the news station Noticias Ciudad del Carmen shows a fire burning at an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico along the Mexican coast before sunrise on April 1, 2015. An ...

One person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico today, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The explosion ...

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CARACAS, June 29 (Reuters) - An explosion at a rig operated by state-run oil company PDVSA in Venezuela's Los Llanos central region left at least 17 workers injured late on Sunday, including two with ...

Deputies in Pittsburg County confirm they are working an explosion near Quinton on Monday morning about 9:30 a.m. Officials tell us that about 15 workers were working on an oil rig when it exploded.

**This image is for use with this specific article only.** A federal safety agency investigating an Oklahoma oil rig explosion is on President Trump's chopping block. SOURCE: Kevin Harvision/The ...

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