Oil rigs, particularly the offshore type, are one of the most fascinating parts of the global energy industry. How do they work? How big can they get? Do they float on water? It's not surprising that ...
So few people have applied for aid from a $100-million charity BP set up to aid Gulf Coast oil workers that the organization now plans to expand its grant making to aid a range of other workers, the ...
An ailing worker was pulled off a high-seas oil rig after suffering severe chest pains, with the entire daring rescue captured on dramatic Coast Guard video. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk chopper was ...
In yet another odd twist to the mysterious story of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, a New Zealand man working on an oil rig in the South China Sea has come forward to say he believes he saw the ...
Petroleos Mexicanos’ deepening financial crisis is visible in every corner of seaside Ciudad del Carmen. Here, the ferries that shuttle workers to oil rigs in the nearby Gulf of Mexico periodically ...
Robots and AI are automating Wyoming’s oil rigs for safer drilling, while coal plants are being upgraded with “robot bubble ...
The disaster began on the night of April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon rig burst into flames and killed the 11 men. The rest of the crew evacuated, but two days later the rig toppled into the ...
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. All 13 crew members were ...