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.

Offshore oil rigs have made it possible to collect oil and natural gas from below the ocean's floor, appearing as massive megastructures in the middle of open water. Given their sheer size and ...

This may be an extreme case in terms of distance, but this vast structure (550 feet in length) reinforces the familiar notion that working on an offshore oil rig often means significant time far ...

Donovan works 12-hour shifts but gets three weeks of holiday every three weeks working on the rig. He said offshore isolation is tough, but it can also feel like summer camp without cocktails.

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 ...

Massive, offshore rigs the size of skyscrapers remain at sea around the world. Here's why these environmentalists say some should be left alone. An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of ...

BEIRUT – An offshore drilling rig arrived at its destination in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast and will start operations in the coming weeks to search for gas, cabinet ministers ...