*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together heavy, dirty ...

WILLISTON, N.D. - Kalem Johnston makes $25 an hour as an oil field roughneck, working 12-hour shifts for a week straight followed by a week off. "I like it," Johnston said. "It's hard, dirty work, but ...

If you're searching for the stereotypical picture of the oil-field roughneck, the crewmen from Nabors Drilling Rig 314 might disappoint you. Sure they get wet, oily and exhausted after a 12-hour shift ...

Iron roughnecks are mechanized tong systems that make up (tighten) and break out (loosen) drillstring and tubular connections on rigs, replacing manual tongs and spinning chains to improve safety, ...

Later today, oil services and technology company Baker Hughes will release its U.S. rig count, which is the tally of active oil rigs in the country. Since the spring, rig count has declined, reaching ...

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 ...