CSB weighs in on worst oil drilling accident in nearly a decade
Federal safety regulators, state oil and gas authorities, and the energy industry need to close regulatory gaps that contributed to the worst oil drilling accident in nearly a decade, a federal agency said in an unprecedented report.
The 2018 explosion and fire outside Quinton, Okla., killed five people, making it the deadliest accident in the drilling industry since 2010, when a BP oil rig exploded and killed 11 workers in the Gulf of Mexico. The investigation marks the first time the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, which is an advisory agency similar to the National Transportation Safety Board, has gotten involved with an onshore drilling accident.