An overturned semi- trailer involved in a multi-vehicle crash coupled with an oil spill shut down all lanes of a freeway ...

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A man working on an oil rig in western North Dakota was crushed by a tank and killed, authorities said. Karl Heller, 31, of Piedmont, S.D., was killed Tuesday morning. The oil ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An accident on an oil well-maintenance platform killed two workers and injured 10 off Mexico’s coast on Tuesday, company officials reported, blaming the incident on the collapse of ...

An MMS review published last year found 41 deaths and 302 injuries out of 1,443 oil-rig accidents from 2001 to 2007. An analysis of the accidents found a lack of communication between the operator and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A newly built Qatari offshore rig will need several months of repairs and maintenance after an accident off the Gulf nation’s coast, its owner said Tuesday. The ...

Oklahoma City police have identified a man who died Monday night in an oil rig accident as 45-year-old Peter Cleeland. Around 10 p.m., Cleeland was pinned beneath some machinery at a rig in the 3400 ...

Several homes remain "covered in oil" and may require complete reconstruction following an oil rig accident east of Karnes City. TCEQ releases preliminary estimates from Encana natural gas leak ...