He ordered his boat’s rescue vessel to pick up anyone in the water. The Bankston’s rescue crew picked up men from a debris field around the rig, in one instance pulling them aboard while oil ...

The U.S. House of Representatives today is scheduled to consider legislation that would require standby rescue vessels within three nautical miles of active offshore oil and gas rigs. If enacted ...

As the sun rose Sunday morning, a shrimp boat was off in the distance, anchored off some oil rigs. They tried to swim ... a Sector New Orleans Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator, said in ...

Several fire trucks and boats responded to the rig, which contains diesel, hydraulic fluid, oil, and other potentially hazardous materials. No one was injured, but Mobile Fire-Rescue spokesperson ...

Migrants left stranded on the lower decks of a gas rig adrift in the Mediterranean Sea have made an urgent appeal for help as authorities from several countries hesitated to launch a rescue operation.

A 2-alarm fire erupted on a decommissioned oil rig in Mobile, Alabama on Wednesday. Mobile Fire-Rescue/Facebook The shipyard crew aided the fire department by piling firefighters, gear ...

This year marks the 45th anniversary of one of Guernsey's biggest sea rescue operations. In horrendous weather conditions and Force 12 hurricane winds, the Orion oil rig became stranded on rocks ...