Long before offshore oil rigs are put together, much less sent out into the open ocean, they're expertly designed. Schematics are drawn up, and in many cases, engineers will take these plans and ...

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.

California’s offshore oil rigs are decades old, and industry resists decommissioning them. A humpback whale dives off the coast of Santa Barbara near five off-shore oil drilling platforms on May ...

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.

Rental rates for offshore oil and gas rigs have rocketed higher, boosted by a race to lift production because of the war in Ukraine and a recovery in demand after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deep sea oil rigs are built to last decades, but after the 2020 oil crash, ... one of the world's largest offshore oil rigs, travels through the ship channel on Thursday, July 28, 2016 in Port ...

The sinking of a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico could be the deadliest offshore incident the U.S. has seen since 1968. If it causes an oil spill, though, the industry will really be screwed.

Most of the offshore oil platforms that have ever been built were installed in the Gulf of Mexico—more than 7,000 since 1947. More than 5,000 of those have since been removed.

The move to introduce more “ghost rigs” could provide a means for offshore workers to continue operations as Covid-19 restrictions tighten. However, safety measures are still a point of debate.