The captain of the ship testified in a deposition that the rig owner, Beacon Offshore Energy ... used to make sure oil and gas can’t escape and then lift a steel riser pipe that can descend ...

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

Researchers in the U.S. have come up with a new method that could potentially predict underwater landslides before they ...

Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures found on the water, but are they just floating out there? How do they stay in place? Here's what we know.

When the Swiss offshore ... riser), and he fell over and was pronounced dead,” McCormick told the Houston chapter of the American Petroleum Institute at a January event about robots in the oil ...

Collaboration Aims to Transform Offshore Drilling Efficiency and Safety, Bringing MPD into Mainstream Operations Oil ... Riser Joint (IRJ) is prepared for loading onto Seadrill’s West Polaris ...

The biggest deepwater reserves of crude oil remain ... on the deep as well as ultra-deep offshore. Therefore, it is anticipated that the number of offshore drilling risers in the region would ...

According to the General Land Office, the spill is “natural gas and condensate from a flowline riser ... on the rig. A massive oil sheen seen for miles extends from an offshore drilling ...

In the global world of offshore construction, the task of building an offshore oil rig or wind farm is a colossal undertaking. This is a process and project that demands meticulous planning ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. It has been edited for length ...