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.

The number of drilling units actively exploring for oil or gas in Oklahoma fell by five this week to 149, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday. The net rig count is more than 23 percent below the ...

Hardcopy Exclusive: Driller takes inquiry rap on rig death. A FATAL accident inquiry at Aberdeen Sheriff Court into the death of assistant derrickman Gordon Moffat on the rig Santa Fe Magellan has ...

Oil Rig Explosion Kills 4 in Gulf of Mexico, No Spill Reported. Hundreds of workers evacuated after a deadly explosion, By ABC News. April 1, 2015, 10:36 PM. 1:34.

Any offshore oil rig that extends past 1500 meters is considered to be an ultra-deepwater production facility. However, that's still nowhere close to the deepest man has explored in the ocean.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by seven to 583 in the week to April 11, the biggest weekly decline since June 2024. , , Sign up here.

Oil prices were trading up on Friday before the data release. At 12:29 p.m., ET, the WTI benchmark was trading up $0.48 per barrel (+0.72%) on the day at $67.03, just $0.14 per barrel off of last ...

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by six to 578 in the week to May 9. , , Sign up here. Baker Hughes said this week's decline puts the total rig count down 25 ...

T here's no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes with the territory at times: The ...