At latitude 71.3 north, it will be 140 miles closer to the pole than Russia's Prirazlomnoye platform in the eastern Pechora Sea—the only other offshore rig currently producing oil in Arctic ...

The world's largest platform, the Berkut oil rig in the Russian Pacific, weighs about 200,000 tons. The Petronius, located 130 miles off the coast of New Orleans would be the fourth tallest ...

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 ...

In 1984 the U.S. Congress passed the National Fisheries Enhancement Act, providing for the creation of the National Artificial Reef Plan, which allowed oil platform operators to donate ...

Kailem Donovan, 37, from Middlesborough, England, works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. Donovan works 12-hour shifts but gets three weeks of holiday every three weeks working on the rig ...

In a statement posted on its website on Thursday, BP issued its “final update” on Hurricane Helene. “BP is closely monitoring Hurricane Helene to protect our personnel and operations in the ...

The BSEE said in the statement that, from operator reports, it estimates that approximately 16.21 percent of the current oil production and 11.2 percent of the current natural gas production in ...

This marine hot spot is one of 23 oil rigs and pipelines off the coast of California, fifteen of which are active, like Eureka. Constructed between 1967 and 1989, these rigs are nearing the end of ...

While U.S. oil-rig growth has plateaued, demand for offshore rigs for overseas drilling has swelled. That is causing day rates to skyrocket and the stocks of drilling contractors to soar. There ...

BP has restarted production at its offshore Na Kika and Thunder Horse oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after redeploying previously evacuated staff. ... and 3 DP rigs had been repositioned.

Sept 29 (Reuters) - BP PLC said on Thursday it has redeployed offshore personnel and restarted production at its Na Kika and Thunder Horse oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after halting ...