Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures on the ocean, ... which was drilling in water over 4,100 feet deep before it's infamous 2010 accident.

Oil rigs achieve this by displacing water with enough buoyant force to keep it all afloat. The rigs are able to displace water by using massive, hollow legs that serve as pontoons.

Since the first oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was built in 14 feet of water off the coast of Louisiana in 1938, offshore oil and gas companies have drilled in ever deeper waters to prospect for ...

But shallow-water jack-ups can keep their blowout preventers on the rig deck, making it easier to maintain them. Boop, a 31-year veteran of rig work, showed off his bright red blowout preventer.

Offshore drilling has come a long way since the wharf-based rigs of the late 1800s, giving oil companies an arsenal of options for tapping deep-sea deposits. Skip to content Menu ...

Demand for top-quality deep-water rigs, specifically drillships and semi-submersibles, ... provided their agreements with oil and gas company clients offer a healthy dayrate and a long-contract term.

Look behind you. I don't want to! You must. You must! In Still Wakes the Deep, a horror game set on an oil rig, there is a button you can press that allows you to look behind you.They don't tell ...

Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. ... That’s true everywhere but especially in California, where some of the platforms are in very deep water.

The premise of Still Wakes the Deep is framed by its historical context of Christmastime in 1975, somewhere out on an oil rig with nothing and no one else around for thousands of miles.

On your Twitter feed, you said that “the highest density of old about-to-retire rigs-lines up with the dead zone caused by nutrient runoff. The idea is seaweed farming can clean up the water.” ...

Modern offshore oil rigs are engineering wonders designed to accommodate massive crews and operate in some of the most ... which was drilling in water over 4,100 feet deep before it's infamous ...

Deep-water drilling giants set high bar for returning idle rigs. Transocean, Noble and Valaris all confident the right contracts will come to underpin reactivations ...