Under industry standards, English is the default language of the sea. An oil rig worker onshore who is fired by the tool pusher -- the installation or rig manager -- will find that his ...

Wage negotiations for about 7,000 oil drilling workers in Norway broke down overnight, according to statements from the SAFE and Styrke unions. The Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and the unions ...

Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) announced Wednesday a bill intended to better compensate oilfield workers like Garfio for the heath impacts of their jobs, as most of New Mexico’s oil and gas industry ...

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras PBR is about to face a two-day warning strike announced by Brazil's national oil workers' federation, also known as FUP. The strike, tentatively scheduled ...

An increasingly hot-button issue, oil rigs have become the physical embodiment of larger economic and environmental debates, garnering praise from conservative politicians and the ire of ...

The U.K. government plans to extend its windfall tax on oil and gas companies to fund the retraining of fossil fuel workers for green energy roles. A partnership with Norway aims to boost ...

BISMARCK , N.D. (Reuters) – Oil and gas operators in North Dakota have indicated they plan to drop rigs and frac crews due to weaker oil prices, a move that is likely to impact output in the third ...

Baker Hughes, a leading energy services company, said that the U.S. firms have cut back on the number of natural gas and oil rigs for the third consecutive week for the first since mid-April. The ...

U.S. energy producers this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the third week in a row for the first time since mid-April, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its ...

For the week ended May 16, the rig count in Canada stood at 121, according to Baker Hughes data. There were 6 additional oil-directed rigs working in Canada last week and 1 additional gas-directed ...