A recent BBC documentary series, The Piper Alpha Disaster, introduced a new generation to the precarious nature of rig life - telling the story of the July 1988 tragedy, in which 167 men died on one ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that ...

Off the coast Peru, at the junction of the cold nutrient-rich Humboldt Current and the warm Equatorial Counter Current, a decommissioned oil drilling platform stands quiet and idle. Beneath the ...

Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy -- including some strange sources being explored-- is still a long way away.

They have been growing on subsea structures for decades but are now under threat as old platforms are decommissioned.

North American drilling activity increased to a total of 718 rotary rigs working for the week ended Sept. 5. An increase in ...

Despite a year-over-year decline, the North American drilling rig count increased by 7 this week, reaching 725. Oil rigs in Canada increased by 3, while the US added 2 ...

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As oil rigs sit for years on end, aquatic life moves in. When these rigs are decommissioned, those creatures are left homeless. Natrx, a North Carolina based company, is crafting new homes for these ...