Deep sea corals that colonised oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have been moved to a new home on an artificial reef. They have been growing on the legs of subsea structures for decades but are ...

The price of crude oil is steadily declining, leading to the abandonment of oil rigs in Scotland and other countries. Disassembling these massive rigs, which weigh around a thousand tons each, is ...

The families of the 84 rig workers that died tragically in the Ocean Ranger disaster 44 years ago were top of mind for Mike ...

Mary Nishimoto aboard M/V Danny C cargo ship in front of Platform Holly. (Courtesy photo) The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will host Mary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukraine's defence forces have struck three drilling rigs belonging to the Russian company Lukoil in the Caspian Sea. Source: ...

Ukraine’s navy says it has struck an “elite” Russian special unit located on a Black Sea oil rig. An anti-tank missile crew was killed in the strike and reconnaissance equipment was destroyed at the ...

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) operates a fleet of offshore drilling rigs, providing services mainly to oil and gas companies seeking to access reserves beneath deep or challenging waters. Its rigs include ...

Ocean Rig has been awarded a letter of intent (LoI) by fellow Norwegian companies Statoil and Norsk Hydro covering the sinking of three exploration wells in the Barents Sea. The LoI also includes an ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Extracting oil from the ocean floor requires a deep-sea rig setup with some of the most powerful machinery on the planet today: from motorized ...