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.

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.

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 ...

Man Says People 'Don't Realize How Difficult' His Unusual Job Is: 'Didn't Get a Single Day Off in 4 Weeks' (Exclusive) Kevin O'Connor spends four weeks at a time working on an offshore oil rig.

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 ...

{p}Most of the 126 people were believed to have escaped safely after the explosion on the rig Deepwater Horizon at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mike O'Berry said ...