They heard a loud bang echo through the platform, then another, and then the entire structure trembled. Within seconds, a cracked weld tore loose, ripping a pontoon free and sending the 10,000-ton rig ...

On a stormy March night in 1980, 212 men were aboard the Kielland when a loud crack echoed through the rig—a support brace ...

Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy — including some strange sources being explored — is still a long way away.

A plan to expand oil and gas drilling, including seven areas in the Gulf of America off Florida, has been released by the ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday as operators continue to scale back. The total ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count in the US rose this week ...