Category: Oilfield Accidents Blogs

Working on an oil rig is an exciting and rewarding career path. However, as you probably know, there are also common oil rig dangers to

What’s Changing and What Does It Mean for Offshore Workers? Union Oil Company. The Exxon Valdez. BP’s Deepwater Horizon. All of these names have one

Oil drilling platforms and vessel oil rigs have key operational and legal differences that oil workers who have been injured onboard one of these facilities

Injured offshore workers cannot file worker’s compensation claims under normal state and federal laws. Instead, they must turn to maritime law, specifically to the Jones

On the night of April 20th, 2010, a semi-submersible oil rig called the Deepwater Horizon suffered a massive blowout. Within a matter of minutes, flames

Drilling accidents have a much higher occurrence rate in the oil and gas industry, compared to on-the-job accidents in other industries. Back in 2003, both the