[from ap via msnbc]
June 30, 1964
A blowout and explosion on the C.P. Baker, a catamaran-type drilling barge operated by Pan American Petroleum Corp. in the Gulf of Mexico, leaves 21 crew members dead or missing and presumed dead.
Nov. 25, 1979
The Bohai No. 2 oil drilling platform, operated by the Ocean Oil Company, capsizes and sinks while being towed during a typhoon in the Gulf of Bohai between China and Korea. Of the 74 people on board, 72 die and two survive.
March 27, 1980
The Alexander Kielland rig, operated by Phillips Petroleum as a floating hotel next to the Edda rig in the North Sea oil fields, overturns in icy waters, killing 123 workers.
Feb. 15, 1982
ODECO's Ocean Ranger drilling vessel, leased to Mobil Oil of Canada and operating in the North Atlantic Ocean about 166 miles east of Newfoundland, Canada, sinks during a storm. All 84 workers on board drown despite efforts of several nearby rescue ships.
Oct. 25, 1983
During tropical storm Lex, Atlantic Richfield Co.'s oil exploration ship, Glomar Java Sea, capsizes in the South China Sea, east of Vietnam, with all 81 crew members presumed dead.
Aug. 16, 1984
The Enchova Central platform, operated by Petrobras in the Campos Basin near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, suffers an explosion caused by a gas leak followed by fires. Forty-two workers die during the evacuation, 36 when a lifeboat mechanism fails and they plunge into sea, the others when they jumped from the platform.
July 6, 1988
Multiple explosions and fire on Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha platform, about 120 miles northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland, kill 167. Sixty-two others survive by jumping into the sea.
Nov. 3, 1989
The Seacrest drill ship, owned by Unocal and operating in the South China Sea, capsizes in heavy seas during Typhoon Gay. No distress signals are heard, and 91 crew members are reportedly dead, with six surviving.
July 27, 2005
A support vessel strikes the Mumbai High North Platform, operated by Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) and located in the Indian Ocean 100 miles off Mumbai, causing a gas explosion and a massive fire that destroys the platform within two hours. Of the 384 on board the ship and platform, 362 are rescued and 22 die.
Oct. 23, 2007
In the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico, a storm causes the Perforadora Central Usumacinta oil derrick to collide with the Kab-101 offshore platform. Twenty-two people die when the 81 crew members and five rescue personnel are evacuated, with high seas swamping their lifeboats.
April 20, 2010
An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig, owned by Transocean and about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, forces evacuations. While most of the 126 are accounted for, leaving 11 missing and presumed dead.
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