Substructures are the structural components of land and water-based oil platforms which support the derrick, mast, or other rig components, as well as providing storage space below the main deck. They ...

Drilling slot jackups are built with an opening in the drilling deck, and the derrick is positioned over it. While exploration wells can be drilled with drilling slot jackups, the rig can also be ...

Neft Daşları, meaning “Oil Rocks,” was the world’s first oil-drilling platform. In recent decades, its population has dwindled, while sections have fallen into disrepair and been claimed by the sea.

The rigs – The Jackup, The Derrick, The Riser and the Moonpool ... will see a significant increase in manpower.” Norwegian oil and gas magazine Upstream, citing an industry source, said ...

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And in the shadow of the 23-story-tall derrick, engineers and managers gather in worried knots. "We've got an unstable hole," laments Bill Kirton, who's overseeing the project for the oil giant BP.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. It has been edited for length ...

Ministry officials have come up with three options for the platform: a destroyer, a large commercial ship or an oil rig. The options will be presented to ruling coalition lawmakers as early as ...

One of the great wrongs in St. George history was righted Saturday afternoon in the desert bluffs behind town.

11 minutes Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient Julianne Geiger is a veteran editor, writer and researcher for Oilprice.com, and a member of the ...

According to data from Baker Hughes BHI, the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas has fallen by about 20% in the past year. This decline reversed a steady increase that began after the rig ...

That’s because the Ravens boast a weapon unlike any other in the NFL. At 6-foot-2 and 247 pounds, running back Derrick Henry is bigger than most linebackers—and he’s made a living trampling ...