Orphan oil well explosion in Washington County injures 6; 4 ...
Aug 26, 2025 · WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ohio (WTAP) - Multiple crews are responding to an oil rig explosion near Frontier High School and Leith Run Recreation Area and Campground.
Explosion at Ohio orphan well had 6 life-flighted, 5 in ...
Aug 25, 2025 · The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management has sent an Emergency Response team to Washington County to assess a reported …
Oil Rig Explosion Rocks Independence Township On Ohio-West ...
Aug 25, 2025 · An oil rig explosion rocked Washington County, Ohio, on Monday afternoon, injuring at least five people, according to local fire officials. The blast occurred while a contractor was plugging …
Multiple injured after oil well explosion in Ohio - WLWT
Aug 26, 2025 · Officials say the explosion happened as a contractor was plugging an orphan well, an oil and natural gas well which has been abandoned. The cause of the explosion is under investigation....
Oil rig explosion - MSN
(WSAZ) - Several people were injured in Washington County, Ohio, after an oil rig explosion. Washington County is in the Southeastern part of Ohio. According to the St. Mary’s fire chief, at...
Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean ...
Nov 30, 2025 · Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 41 …
Deepwater Horizon - Wikipedia
On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [9]