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 ...

An oil well blowout shoots a mixture of oil, water, and gas over 100 feet in the air west of Toyah on Oct. 4. The well was sealed on Monday. Credit: Justin Hamel courtesy of DeSmog Audio recording ...

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 ...

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 ...