BP-Leased Oil Rig Pipe Drops to Sea Floor in North Atlantic Diamond Offshore says no environmental impacts from ‘incident’ Rig operator investigating cause of accident in rough weather ...

The Deepwater Horizon Explosion was one of the most devastating environmental disasters in history, but how did it happen and ...

The two most unique offshore oil rigs are subsea systems and spar platforms. Subsea systems are, as you may guess, below the water line and sit on the sea floor. Using a moveable rig, the wells ...

Once a deposit of oil has been found deep under the ... Some types of production rig are attached to the sea floor via cables and anchors; some are fixed using tall towers; and other rigs have ...

Eureka is an offshore oil rig that pumps oil out of the sea floor and pipes it to refineries on the California coast. Soon, the rig will end its operations, and it's unclear what will happen to ...

Previous research has shown that the physical structure of an oil rig can provide shelter for fish and molluscs ... which records more than 700 surveys of the sea floor surrounding oil and gas ...

An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico ... To find pockets of oil and gas under the sea floor, energy companies use loud air guns to create seismic maps. Once a large deposit is found, rigs (also ...

He kept hearing about this secretive city, sprawled like floating, rusting tentacles across the Caspian Sea ... 1940s, oil workers landed on a tiny island and built a drilling rig and a small ...

Life on an Offshore Oil Rig: The Reality of Working at Sea Life working on an offshore oil rig is a unique blend of routine and adventure. Workers typically follow a 14/21 schedule (two weeks on ...

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. said equipment on a rig under lease to BP Plc accidentally ... a spokesman for the oil company, said in an email. He referred inquiries about the vessel to Diamond ...