This may be an extreme case in terms of distance, but this vast structure (550 feet in length) reinforces the familiar notion that working on an offshore oil rig often means significant time far ...

Speaking of design, as notable as offshore oil rig construction is, it's nothing without solid blueprints behind it. Designing such structures is no small feat. Long before offshore oil rigs are ...

The announcement Friday came after three Gulf Coast states asked the Trump administration to intervene. The Interior Department announced plans Friday to walk back changes under former President ...

Most new oil and gas projects in 2024 were located offshore, where spills can be hard to detect. Researchers at the nonprofit SkyTruth recently published a report identifying the biggest sources ...

Under the new rules, operators working in the Wilcox rock formation under part of the waters that Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, can produce oil from multiple offshore reservoirs using ...

FILE - A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years ...

The offshore drilling rig ... by Saudi Aramco and Mexican state oil company Pemex have contributed to a decline in re-fixing opportunities. As a result, rig owners have been forced to accept ...

Thus, some folks turned elsewhere to score waves. Like an oil rig platform 1.5 miles out to sea in Orange County. “A day of firsts on so many levels: Canoe surfed the biggest waves yet in the ...

In a sweeping environmental decision during the final days of his presidency, President Biden on Monday banned new offshore oil and gas drilling across 625 million acres of America’s oceans ...

Biden’s last-minute executive action on offshore oil and gas drilling may have landed him in hot water as one energy expert is warning of the potential harm to American consumers. Mike Sommers ...