Tag: offshore platform

A fire broke out on the Song Doc offshore oil platform on 21 May during decommissioning work, resulting in the death of 1 worker.

On May 20, 2025, a fire broke out at around 3 a.m. local time on Chevron’s deepwater Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) oil platform, located offshore, about 60 miles off the coast of Cabinda, Angola.

A fire and explosion on Petrobras’ Cherne 1 platform in Brazil’s Campos Basin injured 11 workers on 21 April.

The Italian Coast Guard responded to a fire aboard Rospo Mare B, an oil platform off the coast of Vasto on Italy's Adriatic coast.

On 23 November the offshore support vessel BRAVE TERN knocked a 25-ton mobile crane onto a small barge at the Navantia Shipyard in Spain.

Offshore workers were evacuated from a rig near Aberdeen following a collision with a supply vessel, according to reports.

"The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) was recently notified of an incident involving an offshore worker who fell through an open hatch cover on a platform, highlighting the importance of situational awareness and the need for offshore workers to continuously check their surroundings for potential hazards.

According to Reuters, a fire on an offshore platform operated by Mexico's national oil company Pemex resulted in the death of at least one contractor, with two others reported to be in critical condition.

NTSB published its report on the contact between the offshore supply vessel Elliot Cheramie with the oil and gas production platform EI-259A, on June 25, 2021. Four minor injuries were reported.

A construction worker drowned after falling from an offshore platform that is just over the coast of the Texas Gulf on 1 October.