Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures on the ocean, they can operate at incredible depths and drill deeper ...

said it achieved the first oil and gas flows from the deepest onshore well in Asia. Other Chinese companies, including CNOOC and CNPC, are leading major drilling projects, including the Deep Sea ...

The Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling rig caught fire and sank ... ecosystem for the northern portion of the Gulf. For deep-sea coral, oil contamination can have a variety of impacts ...

Test drilling has yielded a daily production of 413 barrels of crude oil and 68,000 cubic meters ... an important component of deep-sea hydrocarbon deposits, generally have low permeability ...

DENG YONGAN/CHINA DAILY In a breakthrough to keep carbon dioxide permanently locked away, China has built a secure "prison" for the greenhouse gas deep beneath the South China Sea. Located about ...

Deep-sea mining is seen by the administration as another avenue for extracting rare-earth elements such as manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper, helping wean the U.S. off foreign suppliers and ...

Drilling in the deeper parts of the sea was also halted in 2014. Iran’s Oil Ministry plans to resume deep-water operations once the semi-submersible Iran–Amirkabir platform completes necessary repairs ...

The new area proposed for inclusion in the oil and gas leasing program is part of the ocean territory to which the U.S. government is claiming new rights following a sea-mapping program conducted ...