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 ...

saying it dismisses the chance of another disastrous blowout like the… Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico ...

On Oct. 2, a furious torrent of water burst from a once-plugged well in ... to find the blowout. State inspectors arrived ...

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 rig maintained its structural integrity and the well is secure with the blowout preventer in place. The failure of a ...