Offshore Oil Production and Exploration USA

The U S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) periodically publishes a listing of all the incidents occurring offshore in U S. waters. This list provides a chronological listing of all the reported incidents from 1958 to the time of printing of the document. 

539 incidents occurred during the period from 1980 to 1990 accounting for 60 fatalities and 246 injuries. The 246 injuries were the result of 140 separate incidents (26%), while the 60 fatalities were the result of 29 separate incidents (4%). 43 explosions (8% of the total), were also identified as having occurred during this period. There was no damage, injuries or environmental pollution in 154 (28%) of the reported incidents. 

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