Off Shore Construction Injuries: 10 Most Expensive Oil Rig Disasters
10 Most Expensive Oil Rig Disasters
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Incident
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Cost (2002 US$)
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1. Piper Alpha
Occidental's Piper Alpha platform was destroyed by explosion and fire in 1988. 167 workers were killed in the blaze. |
$1,270,000,000
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2. Petrobras P36
In 2001, an explosion destabilised the P36 production rig in the Campos Basin, Brazil, eventually causing it to sink. |
$515,000,000
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3. Enchova Central
Petrobras' Enchova PCE-1 Platform suffered twice with blowouts and fire in both 1984 and 1988, ending with the loss of the platform in 1988. |
$461,000,000
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4. Sleipner A Platform
A design error resulted in the structural failure in 1991 of the gravity base unit of the original Sleipner A platform. |
$365,000,000
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5. Mississippi Canyon 311A Platform
In 1987, the Mississippi Canyon 311A Platform in the Gulf of Mexico was tilted to one side by an extensive underground blowout. |
$274,000,000
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6. Mighty Servant 2
The Mighty Servant 2 struck a rock and sank off Indonesia whilst carrying platform modules in 1999. |
$220,000,000
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7. Bombay High North
A support vessel collided with Bombay High North in 2005, rupturing a riser and causing a major fire which destroyed the platform. |
$173,000,000 (2005)
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8. Steelhead Platform
A blowout in 1987 led to six months of trouble for the Steelhead Platform, resulting in fire and extensive platform damage. |
$171,000,000
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9. Name not known
1993: Explosion and fire destroyed a platform control room and damaged adjacent platforms on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, with eleven fatalites. |
$122,000,000
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10. Petronius A Platform
In 1998, a crane load line lifting the south topside module of the Petronius platform broke, dropping the module into the Gulf of Mexico. |
$116,000,000
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