The deepest offshore oil well was over 35,000 feet by the Deepwater Horizon, and the Maersk Voyager operated in the deepest ...

If you've ever seen an offshore drilling rig, you know they're absolutely massive. But are these huge rigs, which are essential for oil production, built?

Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures found on the water, but are they just floating out there? How do they ...

The number of total drilling rigs in the U.S. fell for the fifth straight week, down by 3 to 563 to the lowest level since November 2021, Baker Hughes reported.

Rigs have a hoisting system to raise and lower the drill pipe. Safety measures, such as a blowout preventer that is usually fitted to the top of the well on the ocean floor, can help control the ...

The premise of a jackup rig is that it is self-elevating; here, the legs are stationed on ocean floor and the drilling equipment is jacked up above the water's surface. Providing a very stable ...

Reyna had come down from the rig floor—a platform about thirty feet off the ground where roughnecks thread pipe segments together as the drill bit devours rock far underfoot—and went to his ...

As part of the 15-year contract from Adnoc Offshore, Adnoc Drilling will provide two jack-up rigs for deployment at its ...

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. said equipment on a rig under lease to BP Plc accidentally broke free during a storm and sank to the bottom off the UK coast. No one was injured and no crude leaked ...