Countries across Africa are preparing for the projected oil boom, and Nigeria is taking its position in the offshore production which is expected to take the lead.

Long before offshore oil rigs are put together, much less sent out into the open ocean, they're expertly designed. Schematics are drawn up, and in many cases, engineers will take these plans and ...

Offshore oil rigs are like small towns out on the water. Here's how many people you can expect to find out there, and how long they stay before a break.

Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which oversees offshore oil leasing, previously estimated that the 2024 rule — the first such overhaul in the past 20 years — would raise ...

Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job. ... Around 100 people work on an offshore rig. As a contractor, I often work at a different rig with every new contract.

Kevin O'Connor spends four weeks at a time working on an offshore oil rig. While the views are breathtaking, the loneliness can take a toll on him and his crew.

FILE – A large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip on April 2010.

A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. Credit: AP/Gerald Herbert. By The Associated PressUpdated April 20, 2025.

An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Holly Beach, Louisiana. The Gulf is one of the richest deposits of offshore oil and gas in the world, and almost 600 unused rigs have been left ...

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the ...