Ability to Burn off Crude Moves Company Closer to Fulfilling Pledge on Spill Containment. Latest. ... BP Gets OK to Burn Captured Gulf Oil at Sea. June 15, 2010 / 10:32 AM EDT / CBS/AP ...

Associated gases put oil rigs in a real lose-lose scenario: burning the gas is an environmental hazard of its own, but the alternative — venting the gas directly into the atmosphere — is just ...

The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led to ...

This guidance will determine whether production can go ahead in the controversial Scottish fields, Rosebank and Jackdaw.

Salvage efforts to tow the burning oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea have been abandoned, leaving the vessel stranded and at risk of spilling its one million barrels of oil.. On Tuesday, the EU's ...

Oil companies must remove all structures installed at sea, as required by the Petroleum Act 1998 and decision 98/3 of industry body OSPAR, and return the seabed to its original state.

The platform can house up to 180 workers who help test and process the oil and gas or maintain equipment. The company contracts some of the work, like laundry services that operate 24 hours a day.

Home » Burning Red Sea Oil Tanker Risks Ecological Disaster, EU Warns. Burning Red Sea Oil Tanker Risks Ecological Disaster, EU Warns. In this screengrab released by the Houthi group media center, ...