Notable Offshore Well Blowouts
Data from industry information.
| Year | Rig Name | Rig Owner | Type | Damage / details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | S-44 | Chevron Corporation | Sub Recessed pontoons | Blowout and fire. Returned to service. |
| 1959 | C. T. Thornton | Reading & Bates | Jackup | Blowout and fire damage. |
| 1964 | C. P. Baker | Reading & Bates | Drill barge | Blowout in Gulf of Mexico, vessel capsized, 22 killed. |
| 1965 | Trion | Royal Dutch Shell | Jackup | Destroyed by blowout. |
| 1965 | Paguro | SNAM | Jackup | Destroyed by blowout and fire. |
| 1968 | Little Bob | Coral | Jackup | Blowout and fire, killed 7. |
| 1969 | Wodeco III | Floor drilling | Drilling barge | Blowout |
| 1969 | Sedco 135G | Sedco Inc | Semi-submersible | Blowout damage |
| 1969 | Rimrick Tidelands | ODECO | Submersible | Blowout in Gulf of Mexico |
| 1970 | Stormdrill III | Storm Drilling | Jackup | Blowout and fire damage. |
| 1970 | Discoverer III | Offshore Co. | Drillship | Blowout (S. China Seas) |
| 1971 | Big John | Atwood Oceanics | Drill barge | Blowout and fire. |
| 1971 | Unknown | Floor Drilling | Drill barge | Blowout and fire off Peru, 7 killed. |
| 1972 | J. Storm II | Marine Drilling Co. | Jackup | Blowout in Gulf of Mexico |
| 1972 | M. G. Hulme | Reading & Bates | Jackup | Blowout and capsize in Java Sea. |
| 1972 | Rig 20 | Transworld Drilling | Jackup | Blowout in Gulf of Martaban. |
| 1973 | Mariner I | Sante Fe Drilling | Semi-sub | Blowout off Trinidad, 3 killed. |
| 1975 | Mariner II | Sante Fe Drilling | Semi-submersible | Lost BOP during blowout. |
| 1975 | J. Storm II | Marine Drilling Co. | Jackup | Blowout in Gulf of Mexico. |
| 1976 | Petrobras III | Petrobras | Jackup | No info. |
| 1976 | W. D. Kent | Reading & Bates | Jackup | Damage while drilling relief well. |
| 1977 | Maersk Explorer | Maersk Drilling | Jackup | Blowout and fire in North Sea |
| 1977 | Ekofisk Bravo | Phillips Petroleum | Platform | Blowout during well workover. |
| 1978 | Scan Bay | Scan Drilling | Jackup | Blowout and fire in the Persion Gulf. |
| 1979 | Salenergy II | Salen Offshore | Jackup | Blowout in Gulf of Mexico |
| 1979 | Sedco 135F | Sedco Drilling | Semi-submersible | Blowout and fire in Bay of Campeche Ixtoc I well. |
| 1980 | Sedco 135G | Sedco Drilling | Semi-submersible | Blowout and fire of Nigeria. |
| 1980 | Discoverer 534 | Offshore Co. | Drillship | Gas escape caught fire. |
| 1980 | Ron Tappmeyer | Reading & Bates | Jackup | Blowout in Persian Gulf, 5 killed. |
| 1980 | Nanhai II | Peoples Republic of China | Jackup | Blowout of Hainan Island. |
| 1980 | Maersk Endurer | Maersk Drilling | Jackup | Blowout in Red Sea, 2 killed. |
| 1980 | Ocean King | ODECO | Jackup | Blowout and fire in Gulf of Mexico, 5 killed. |
| 1980 | Marlin 14 | Marlin Drilling | Jackup | Blowout in Gulf of Mexico |
| 1981 | Penrod 50 | Penrod Drilling | Submersible | Blowout and fire in Gulf of Mexico. |
| 1985 | West Vanguard | Smedvig | Semi-submersible | Shallow gas blowout and fire in Norwegian sea, 1 fatality. |
| 1981 | Petromar V | Petromar | Drillship | Gas blowout and capsize in S. China seas. |
| 1983 | Bull Run | Atwood Oceanics | Tender | Oil and gas blowout Dubai, 3 fatalities. |
| 1988 | Ocean Odyssey | Diamond Offshore Drilling | Semi-submersible | Gas blowout at BOP and fire in the UK North Sea, 1 killed. |
| 1989 | Al Baz | Sante Fe | Jackup | Shallow gas blowout and fire in Nigeria, 5 killed. |
| 1993 | Actinia | Transocean | Semi-submersible | Sub-sea blowout in Vietnam. . |
| 2001 | Ensco 51 | Ensco | Jackup | Gas blowout and fire, Gulf of Mexico, no casualties |
| 2002 | Arabdrill 19 | Arabian Drilling Co. | Jackup | Structural collapse, blowout, fire and sinking. |
| 2004 | Adriatic IV | Global Sante Fe | Jackup | Blowout and fire at Temsah platform, Mediterranean Sea |
| 2007 | Usumacinta | PEMEX | Jackup | Storm forced rig to move, causing well blowout on Kab 101 platform, 22 killed. |
| 2009 | West Atlas / Montara | Seadrill | Jackup / Platform | Blowout and fire on rig and platform in Australia. |
| 2010 | Deepwater Horizon | Transocean | Semi-submersible | Blowout and fire on the rig, subsea well blowout, killed 11 in explosion. |
| 2010 | Vermilion Block 380 | Mariner Energy | Platform | Blowout and fire, 13 survivors, 1 injured. |
| 2012 | KS Endeavour | KS Energy Services | Jack-Up | Blowout and fire on the rig, collapsed, killed 2 in explosion. |
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