If this flow of hydrocarbons is not stopped in time, the hydrocarbons can ignite into a deadly firestorm called a blowout. Because of the immense cost and danger associated with oil well blowouts ...

Based on true events, Deepwater Horizon tells the heroic struggle of oil rig workers during the worst oil spill in U.S.

Last year, Transocean commissioned a “strictly confidential” study of the reliability of blowout preventers used by deepwater rigs. Using the world’s most authoritative database of oil rig ...

CALGARY Alberta (Reuters) - Oil from a spill or oil well blowout in the Arctic waters of Canada's Beaufort Sea could easily become trapped in sea ice and potentially spread more than 1,000 kilometers ...

The blowout of BP’s Macondo well in April 2010 killed 11 men and resulted in nearly five million barrels of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, making it the worst offshore oil disaster in US history ...

Last year it also weakened the “Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Rule,” which was created to prevent uncontrollable oil spills like Deepwater Horizon. That rollback faced a court challenge ...