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.

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.

Offshore contract drilling services company Transocean Inc. said today it agreed to license its patented dual drilling oil rig design to Pride International. Under the agreement between two ...

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 ...

I work on an oil rig. It has lonely moments, but every rig I've been on is like a family. As told to Claire Turrell Oil and Gas Drilling Rig over Offshore Platform Getty Oct 10, 2024, 4:58 AM PT ...

Most of the offshore oil platforms that have ever been built were installed in the Gulf of Mexico—more than 7,000 since 1947. More than 5,000 of those have since been removed.