Oil rig jobs can seem very appealing in any job market, but there are a number of harsh realities to working on them that ...

Discover the remarkable story of the Petronius oil rig, an engineering marvel situated in the Gulf of Mexico. This video explores the technological innovations and challenges faced during deep-sea oil ...

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.

Off-shore oil drilling currently accounts for over 35% of the world's total oil production, and that number has consistently risen over recent history. While a majority of oil extraction takes place ...

China was reportedly building oil and gas rigs inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone, in what analysts claimed was part of a campaign to slowly chip away at the island’s defences and expand ...

The total number of active drilling rigs in the United States increased by 7 to 544 rigs this week, according to Baker Hughes. The rise was primarily driven by a gain of 9 gas rigs, reaching a total ...

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 ...

Traders work in the crude oil and natural gas options pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange years ago. An oilfield operator who owns small stripper wells in Oklahoma is nervous. A long-time ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States decreased this week, with oil rigs declining by 65 year over year, while gas rigs increased. Despite the fall in active ...