On November 5, 1983, an incident on the Byford Dolphin oil rig saw routine maintenance ... The extreme pressure saw three men's bodies explode, one man crushed and another man sucked through ...

Valiant Petroleum announced the arrival of the Byford Dolphin semisubmersible rig on location to commence drilling operations on the Prospero prospect in UK North Sea blocks 211/18c and 211/17.