U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday announced steps to open up more acreage for oil and gas leasing and lift ...

They believed that a building 1250 feet long could collapse ... I wonder how they would react if they found out that oil rigs being built in the seas are much taller structures than most modern ...

Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job. It sounded like an adventure. When I left school at 16, I decided to get a job in construction. I worked on building sites and in power stations ...

Minecraft player showcases intricate oil rig build, encompassing attention to detail using in-game items. Impressive oil rig includes a detailed interior and took only two weeks to build.

The number of oil rigs stayed the same—down by 18 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 1 to 101 ...

U.S. energy firms this week kept the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating unchanged, energy services firm Baker ...

The total rig count rose by 4 rigs, to 592, according to Baker Hughes, down 34 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs rose by 7—down by 15 compared to this time last year.

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 ...