Associated gases put oil rigs in a real lose-lose scenario: burning the gas is an environmental hazard of its own, but the alternative — venting the gas directly into the atmosphere — is just ...

Decommissioning an oil rig presents logistical, financial, and environmental problems. Once a well runs dry, companies must clear equipment, seal the well, and remove all infrastructure from the ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a special episode on life onboard offshore oil production platforms. In this episode, we will feature how oil rig workers spend their time offshore in one ...

In his reasoning, he also invoked the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, in which a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers and causing the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Mr.

Decommissioning activity across the UK North Sea has resulted in 2000 job cuts since April, some of which are across Taqa’s offshore platforms, the trade Union Unite told Upstream. The job cuts ...

The number of oil rigs fell by two this week to 477—down by 28 rigs compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by one rig, landing at 100, but down 16 rigs this year.

Neft Daşları, which translates to “Oil Rocks,” is a tangle of oil wells and production sites connected by miles of bridges in the vastness of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake.

Neft Daşları, meaning “Oil Rocks,” was the world’s first oil-drilling platform. In recent decades, its population has dwindled, while sections have fallen into disrepair and been claimed ...

There is still plenty of oil and gas left in the UK’s North Sea. However, the industry needs a more favorable legislative context to get motivated to extract these. As things are, it seems ...

Kailem Donovan, 37, from Middlesborough, England, works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. Donovan works 12-hour shifts but gets three weeks of holiday every three weeks working on the rig ...

Robert Eifler, chief executive officer at Noble Corp., said Friday in an interview that he’s planning for relatively flat demand growth industry wide for floating drilling rigs next year ...