Equinor Energy AS has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate to drill in the North Sea. Exploration ...

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea, to be ...

U.S. oil producer Hess Corp has decided to withdraw from Suriname's offshore Block 59, the South American nation's state oil ...

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has completed the upgrades on Island Offshore’s well intervention vessel Island Wellsaver.The ...

Built to withstand extreme conditions and house hundreds of people, the size, complexity, and location of oil rigs makes dismantling them a massive task.

If you've ever seen an offshore drilling rig, you know they're absolutely massive. But are these huge rigs, which are essential for oil production, built?

Interior said Friday that a rule implemented in 2024 to impose supplemental financial bond requirements on offshore drilling companies in shaky financial shape had made it more difficult for ...

This repetitive footage from the 1980s offers a detailed and consistent view of an oil platform stationed in the water. The imagery captures the towering structure from multiple angles ...

Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop producing oil, should they be removed or allowed to stay?

Kailem Donovan, a rigger who works the in North and Baltic seas, shares what it's like offshore on the rig, from feeling lonely to spotting dolphins.