The BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded April ... One platform can hold as many as 80 wells, and is typically fixed to the ocean floor with tons of tethering cables.

Seaventures Dive Rig, a decommissioned oil rig in Malaysia, is now an epic destination for divers. The five-star scuba diving school and resort offers dozens of different courses, and sits in the ...

Recent museumgoers describe the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum as "fascinating," "fun" and "interesting." The museum is located on a retired oil rig in the Galveston Channel and ...

It was once described as the world's largest semi-submersible oil rig but on this day in 1982, it became well known for a different reason. The "unsinkable" Ocean Ranger offshore unit was ...