Massive, offshore rigs the size of skyscrapers remain at sea around the world. Here's why these environmentalists say some ...

Isobel Deep sits in an untested area around 40km south of Sea Lion, and the prospect could unlock the greatest potential of the wells in the rig’s North ... operator Premier Oil (36%) and ...

Fourteen years after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, would we fare any better at cleaning up another huge oil spill?

Jon Tore Lieng, Managing Director of Deep Sea Anchors AS, discusses the critical role of the Deep Penetrating Anchor concept ...

A military clash between China and Vietnam is also a concern. In May 2014, China deployed a deep-sea oil rig in Vietnam's two hundred–nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), leading to a ...

Using the world’s most authoritative database of oil rig accidents, a Norwegian company, Det Norske Veritas, focused on some 15,000 wells drilled off North America and in the North Sea from 1980 ...

Chevron drilled several wells with Bideford Dolphin oil rig A consortium led by France's ... “Exploratory drilling activities have started on the sea floor. A well will be drilled at 3,400 ...

Using a unique, circular wave pool, engineers learned that waves can be four time steeper than previously calculated.

More horror games should be set on oil rigs. I discussed Still Wakes the Deep's 1970s North Sea setting with creative director John McCormack last year, and I remember him reeling off an array of ...

Opening with a poetic moment of calm, as the camera sweeps above the waves, the oil rig ... crafted rig begins falling apart.

"If there is a leak from a deep-sea oil rig there is no easy way to stop it. The consequence for New Zealand's environment, economy and reputation would be catastrophic." ...

dangerous North Sea. Still Wakes the Deep is often at its most tense or scary when it’s just you and the oil rig It’s simply ...