This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. It has been edited for length ...
In the late 1940s, oil workers landed on a tiny island and built a drilling rig and a small house for ... There was “still a lot of life, but with many things falling apart at the same time.” ...
How big are these platforms? They’re enormous. The BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded April 20 was 400 feet by 250 feet—roughly the size of two football fields—with a crew of 130.
Researchers into an oil rig disaster which killed 123 workers more than 40 years ago are seeking information about three Britons who died. The Alexander Kielland platform capsized in stormy ...
Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms kept the number of oil and natural gas rigs unchanged this week, with the count falling to a 17-year low in Pennsylvania, energy services firm Baker Hughes ...