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Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job ... It had a five-aside football pitch, a cinema room, a golf simulator, and a fishing station. You could store your catch in a freezer.

colloquially referred to as rigs-to-reefs, has successfully bolstered fish populations in the Gulf. Ann Scarborough Bull, a U.C.S.B. biologist who studies the ecology of offshore oil platforms and ...

This total rig count is made up of 479 oil rigs, 99 gas rigs, and five miscellaneous rigs, according to the count, which highlights that the total includes 521 horizontal rigs, 46 directional rigs ...

The Caspian Sea, also referred to as the world's "biggest lake", is home to one of the most unusual oil rigs ever seen. Neft Daşları, which translates as “Oil Rocks,” is a maze of oil wells ...

Baker Hughes (BKR) reports that the U.S. rig count is down 1 from last week to 583, with oil rigs up 1 to 479, gas rigs down 2 to 99 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 5. The U.S. rig count is ...

Drilling activity levels were holding steady as the end of the year approaches. Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes said ...

North American drilling activity declined for the week ended Dec. 13 with 780 rotary rigs working in the US and Canada, Baker Hughes officials reported Friday.