While the job may be demanding, the living conditions on the oil rig are thoughtfully designed to prioritize comfort and convenience for the workers. Accommodations are shared, fostering a strong ...

The Port said mooring Shell Oil’s rigs at Terminal 5 would create several hundred jobs. But nearly half involve Shell workers who will head to Alaska or people already working for Shell, the ...

Mr. Charlie has seen the up and downs over the years in the oil patch off Louisiana's coast, but this could be the toughest slump of all.

PASCAGOULA -- A $10.6 million dredging project has resulted in the first of what Signal International LLC hopes will be much more work, the company announced this week. Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

Mr. Charlie has seen the up and downs over the years in the oil patch off Louisiana's coast, but this could be the toughest slump of all.

Offshore has been hit particularly hard during the oil slump, and many companies are cutting offshore rig jobs. Seadrill Americas Inc., the Houston-based arm of London-based Seadrill Management ...

It was unclear how many U.S. jobs could leave with the Ocean Endeavor, but typically more than 100 workers are on the rig at any given time, doing everything from drilling to cooking meals.

Shell may have only one shot at drilling a well in Alaska’s icebound waters this year. For that job, it has tapped a 30-year-old rig with a name that suggests its end-of-the-earth purpose: the ...

In the early stages of what has become the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, BP chief executive Tony Hayward left his London boardroom to face the American public as an unflappable commander and e… ...