NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified Monday that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion ...

More than 20 oil rig workers have been evacuated after a fire broke out on a platform off the Southern California coast. The ...

Oil rigs, particularly the offshore type, are one of the most fascinating parts of the global energy industry. How do they work? How big can they get? Do they float on water? It's not surprising that ...

Rig and other offshore workers are becoming increasingly worried about the potential spread of the coronavirus with many taking to social media to express their concern about how social distancing and ...

A HORROR image has revealed how an oil rig worker plunged to his death in 2023 – leading to a huge fine for bosses.

After a 10-hour ride over choppy seas, a crew of welders arrived just before midnight at an oil rig in the waters off Galveston, Tex. The eight men were briefed on rig evacuation plans and assigned ...

Not many on-the-ground jobs that offer a salary over $55,000 for just half a year’s work. But that’s the money for those who opt for the rigor of an oil rig, a hot topic on people’s tongues this week.

Workers on four Transocean drilling rigs offshore Nigeria remained stranded Tuesday because strikers have blocked the rig's helipads with containers. A few people have trickled off the rigs by boat, ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Five Mexican oil workers were robbed and beaten by gun-toting “pirates” on a rig Feb. 14 in the Bay of Campeche, the state-run oil company workers union said. “Our ...