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

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 ...

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: ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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

"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 ...

Oil rig horror game Still Wakes the Deep is going underwater in a surprise story expansion that arrives next week; ... or I'm in processing,' and it helps you compartmentalise the map.