Xiangshui County. Years of illegally stored chemical waste self-heated until it ignited. The blast registered as a 2.2 magnitude earthquake.

During turnaround preparation, a flange full of hot hydrocarbons was opened on a live line. it ignited within minutes...

Campos Basin, Brazil, 2001. A misrouted drainage operation triggered two explosions. Eleven emergency responders died. Five days later, the platform sank.

South Pass, Louisiana, A verified pressure reading was wrong. Seven died escaping into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Largest Loss in Energy Industry History. A gas condensate release and explosion destroyed Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea July 6 1988.