Long before offshore oil rigs are put together, much less sent out into the open ocean, they're expertly designed. Schematics are drawn up, and in many cases, engineers will take these plans and ...

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The maze of oil rigs, pipelines, cables and other offshore installations are vulnerable to submarine landslides. The ability ...

As of Aug. 24, about 88% (523 rigs) of the world’s offshore fleet of 595 rigs was employed, up 2.5% from a year earlier, when 491 of the 574 rigs were being utilized. SCORE increase slows ...

Kailem Donovan, 37, from Middlesborough, England, works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. Donovan works 12-hour shifts but gets three weeks of holiday every three weeks working on the rig ...

Long before offshore oil rigs are put together, much less sent out into the open ocean, they're expertly designed. Schematics are drawn up, and in many cases, engineers will take these plans and ...