An ocean of money and metal - see how $40 billion was poured into rescuing North Sea oil rigs in a jaw-dropping operation.

Ever wondered what it’s like to live and work on a massive structure floating in the middle of the ocean? Welcome to the ...

The group was trapped on the \platform for three days, Open Arms said. One of the migrants gave birth to a boy, while another ...

In 1984, eight miles off the coast of Southern California, the 700-foot tall oil platform, Eureka, was anchored into the depths of the Pacific. For four decades, amidst the constant humming of oil ...

The rig operator was stumped ... stared at an unassuming metal tube in the ground — the fossil of an oil well. Spread around it was an array of industrial detritus and steel tools like giant ...

Kevin O'Connor spends four weeks at a time working on an offshore oil rig. Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, Stylecaster ...

Louisiana alone has more than 3,000 of the 4,000-plus oil-production platforms in the Gulf off its coast, yet it nonetheless is able to supply almost a third of North America’s fisheries.

There's no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes with the territory at times: The Perdido ...

By Lewis Gordon Christmas, 1975: an oil rig off the east coast of Scotland. Inside over breakfast, the chatter of possible strikes and crew members wolfing down baked beans, fried eggs and mugs of ...