The Titan tragedy joins the Byford Dolphin accident in history's most gruesome deep-sea incidents. Officials said the Titan submersible likely suffered a "catastrophic implosion" from a breached hull.

In 1983, a diving crew aboard the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea prepared to surface after a routine job. But when a ...

The Byford Dolphin Accident of 1983 produced some of the most harrowing autopsies in human history. Unfolding in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, a diving bell was hauled up from the ocean floor ...

Norwegian oil unions met with the Stavanger police this week to provide new information that they allege has been kept hidden in the investigation reports after a fatal accident on Fred Olsen's ...

Statoil has terminated its contract with Dolphin Drilling for the semisubmersible Byford Dolphin. "Safety on this rig does not meet contractual requirements, and new measures adopted after a fatal ...

A horrifying incident on the Byford Dolphin oil rig on 5 November 1983 resulted in the instant death of five workers, while a sixth narrowly escaped with life-altering injuries. The crew were carrying ...

The offshore safety watchdog said it would order a series of measures, embracing all Dolphin’s drilling units and all rigs contracted by Statoil. The two companies have until 10 June to respond.

HOUSTON, June 3-- Statoil ASA has terminated its charter with a unit of Fred Olsen Energy ASA for the Byford Dolphin semisubmersible drilling rig, citing inadequate safety measures. The contract for ...