An oil platform off the coast of Carpinteria caught fire Monday morning, triggering a response from the U.S. Coast Guard and ...

More than 20 oil rig workers have been evacuated after a fire broke out on a platform off the Southern California coast. The ...

An explosion and fire were reported at an oil well site near Etoile in Nacogdoches County, Texas, with emergency crews responding to the scene.

An oil well explosion in Etoile prompted evacuations and road closures as officials manage the ongoing threat, according to the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office.

An explosion struck a huge oil rig in Etoile, Texas, sending intense flames into the sky across East Texas, local media ...

A large plume of smoke was seen over the refinery, but it unclear what caused the incident.

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon BP oil rig off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused a massive oil spill.

The offshore oil-drilling blast killed 11 people, caused thousands to lose their jobs and poisoned more than a million birds.

METAIRIE, La. — Workers had difficulty monitoring key data during a critical time in the final hour before the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion because so many activities were happening at once, a ...