Any offshore oil rig that extends past 1500 meters is considered to be an ultra-deepwater production facility. However, that's still nowhere close to the deepest man has explored in the ocean.

An increasingly hot-button issue, oil rigs have ... respectively. Rigs have even entered the arts and entertainment space, with platforms transformed into an art installation, museum, and even ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 2 rig dip in the prior week.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by two to 590 in the week to April 4. Baker Hughes said this week's decline put the total rig count down 30 rigs, or 5% below ...

Here, the ferries that shuttle workers to oil rigs in the nearby Gulf of Mexico periodically halt service due to nonpayment. The Hotel Llirre, which exclusively houses oil workers, sits mostly empty.

Let the good times roll again: Oil rig workers board a helicopter at the Longford heliport ... ranging from keynote addresses to art installations, film premieres, immersive experiences, cooking ...

The answer is Goliat, a mammoth, beer-glass-shaped, floating oil platform that’s set to become the northernmost in the world. Last week the 65,000-ton rig arrived for commissioning near the ...

The state-of-the-art ... helicopter simulator and landing pad made up of a three-storey mock offshore platform rig with internal structures to mirror those on an offshore installation. OPITO, the ...

The state-of-the-art facility at County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service’s training centre in Bowburn features a full-size helideck. The ultra-wealthy renters paying £5,000 a week ...

Hundreds of oil rig workers have been left stranded after helicopter pilots responsible for transporting offshore staff to and from dozens of locations in the North Sea went on strike. The two-day ...

A helicopter crash has resulted in one fatality and several serious injuries. The aircraft, operated for an Aberdeen-based oil rig company, plunged into the North Sea. All flights from Scotland to ...

However, there are various problems with these machines, which is why they may be best suited to oil rigs. The problems are threefold. Even if they were rolled out at a vastly bigger scale ...