These are broken down into 479 oil rigs, 101 used to harvest natural gas, and four designated for miscellaneous extraction. That gives the U.S. an oil rig ratio of 82/17/1.

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 ...

Platform Holly is among the dead platforms awaiting their afterlives. At the time of its installation in 1966, everyone knew a platform situated directly over a natural oil and gas seep was going ...

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 ...

The company revealed in the update that it has safely restarted production at its Argos, Atlantis, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse platforms, which it said are returning to normal operations.

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 ...

In 2023, Texas Tech became a pioneer in giving petroleum engineering students hands-on experience by raising the mast of the first full-scale operational oil rig on a university campus nationwide.

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, BP PLC said on Thursday. BP halted ...

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 ...