So few people have applied for aid from a $100-million charity BP set up to aid Gulf Coast oil workers that the organization now plans to expand its grant making to aid a range of other workers, the ...

Explore what topside means for offshore rigs. Understand its structure, key components, and importance in oil extraction ...

WILLISTON, N.D. — Oilfield worker Dean Bahley prefers to spend his days managing a drilling crew. But these days, the North Dakota native spends his time watching two dismantled drilling rigs stored ...

There’s little hope of finding 11 workers missing since Tuesday’s explosion on the oil-drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC, the company that leases the rig, is leading the ...

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

The number of oil and gas rigs actively drilling in the US fell by 2 to 544 during the past week, Baker Hughes said in its ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose by 1 this week, according to new data that ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 4 this week, according to new data that ...

OSLO, June 16 (Reuters) - Norwegian workers employed on offshore drilling rigs will go on strike on June 21 if annual wage talks with employers fail, the oil and gas labour unions said on Monday. In ...