Oil rig jobs can seem very appealing in any job market, but there are a number of harsh realities to working on them that ...

Oceanic oil spills are one of the worst events humanity can inflict upon the natural world. Whether it's from an oil rig's mishap or deliberate wartime actions, oil being dumped into the ocean can ...

In the North Sea — between the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark — thousands of flies swarmed an oil rig. Engineer Craig Hannah noticed... Why thousands of flies are on an oil rig in the middle of ...

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 specializes in providing experienced offshore drilling capacity in ultra-deep water and harsh weather conditions. The Company owns and operates two of the world’s largest technologically ...

The number of active rigs targeting oil in the kingdom dropped to its lowest in more than two decades in July, according to Baker Hughes data. Image by champc via iStock The number of active oil rigs ...

An extraordinary general meeting of Norwegian rig company Ocean Rig today approved the company's financing solution. The meeting, held in Oslo, resolved to issue a convertible bonds loan of Nkr 934.2 ...

Traders work in the crude oil and natural gas options pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange years ago. An oilfield operator who owns small stripper wells in Oklahoma is nervous. A long-time ...