Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop producing oil, should they be removed or allowed to ...

Should we continue to destroy old oil-industry structures or preserve the thriving coral-reef ecosystems they're supporting?

North Sea oil and gas rigs could be modified to pump carbon dioxide emissions into rocks below the seabed, Edinburgh scientists have found. Refitting old platforms to act as pumping stations for ...

Ed Miliband’s wind turbine blitz threatens to leave the North Sea strewn with rusting oil rigs because of a lack of equipment ...

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.

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 ...

Researchers into an oil rig disaster which killed 123 workers more than 40 years ago are seeking information about three Britons who died. The Alexander Kielland platform capsized in stormy ...

Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms kept the number of oil and natural gas rigs unchanged this week, with the count falling to a 17-year low in Pennsylvania, energy services firm Baker Hughes ...