The oil giant is once again at the centre of government plans for economic growth and job creation. But Petrobras has a chequered past, including damaging corruption scandals and debt. Critics say it ...

The deepest offshore oil well was over 35,000 feet by the Deepwater Horizon, and the Maersk Voyager operated in the deepest ...

On June 10, Texas-based offshore drilling contractor Noble made oil industry waves with the year's first major deal in the upstream services sector, announcing a $2 billion deal for Diamond ...

Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures found on the water, but are they just floating out there? How do they ...

Offshore drilling is once again under consideration off the coast of South Carolina, but not by locals. The Bureau of Ocean ...

The Norwegian offshore driller Dolphin Drilling has put a difficult period of financial uncertainty behind it with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Offshore oil drilling is once again under federal consideration for the South Carolina coastline, a prospect that runs counter to strong local sentiment. The Bu ...

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 ...

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 ...