The bucket rig ... to drill holes from 10 to 60 inches in diameter. Bucket drilling uses a cylindrical bucket with cutting blades or teeth mounted on a hinged bottom to repeatedly cut and lift ...

Such is the case with the Heavy Lifting Device. The 550-foot tall crane ... The crane's 23 miles of 2.5-inch cable has raised 10,000 tons in a single heft, but is rated to handle 13,000-ton ...

In California, officials in both parties have generally opposed offshore drilling since a blowout at an oil rig off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969 sent crude oil gushing into the ocean and ...

The Obama administration's lifting of the drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) was expected, but it is nonetheless a positive for GOM exploration and production companies. While it is ...

This column was written by The Editors. Lifting the ban on offshore drilling won't increase supply right away, but would signal to oil speculators that the U.S. is serious about increasing ...

In April, when the Deepwater Horizon rig ... decided to lift the ban early. "We have made and continue to make significant progress in reducing the risks associated with deep-water drilling ...

The SR-125 drilling rig weighs in at 281,310 lb. It’s powered by a 470-kW engine that meets Tier 4 Final requirements. It has a torque of 303,133 ft-lb with an extraction force of 121,395 lb-ft.

WASHINGTON - Family members of the 11 victims killed in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig disaster ... sea oil drilling after the accident, but some lawmakers and others want him to lift it, arguing ...

As such, it was a very good argument for maintaining the present moratorium on deep-water drilling ... not all rigs were as carelessly managed as the Deepwater Horizon. Lifting the moratorium ...

Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own ...

Directional drilling rigs edged up 1 unit to 45. One unit started work offshore Louisiana, lifting the overall US count to 18. Texas paced the major oil- and gas-producing states, gaining 8 units ...