As the sun sets on the oil industry, we explore the far-reaching impacts of shutting down rigs. What does this mean for the ...

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes said Friday its weekly U.S. rig count sank seven rigs to 547, the lowest level since ...

The world's largest platform, the Berkut oil rig in the Russian Pacific, weighs about 200,000 tons. The Petronius, located 130 miles off the coast of New Orleans would be the fourth tallest ...

You’ve probably seen hulking offshore oil rigs in places like the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. But from the shore, it’s hard to see how truly ginormous some of these oil platforms are.

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 ...

He was a supervisor on the Transocean-owned rig when it exploded 40 miles off the southeast Louisiana coast in 2010, killing 11 of his crewmates in the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Afterlives of Oil Rigs ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 331 No. 5 (December 2024), p. 54 doi: ...

Offshore oil rigs are like small towns out on the water. Here's how many people you can expect to find out there, and how long they stay before a break.

The Emirati national guard says it has evacuated 24 people from an oil tanker after a collision between two ships just east ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil rigs operating by the most since September 2021, reducing the overall count for a fifth week in a row, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said ...

Check here for weekly updated oil and gas drilling rig counts in the Permian Basin, New Mexico and Texas, reported by Baker Hughes. Feb. 9, 2024. New Mexico added three rigs in the last week for a ...

"Anyone know any good oil rigs to catch red snapper at this time of year," the author began. "I have a 21-foot offshore boat so I can go up to 50 miles out." The liveliest thread within the ...