the legs are lowered to the ocean's floor and the rig hull and drilling equipment is elevated well above the water's surface and away from any potential waves. The first type of elevating device ...

drillships work in water depths ranging from 2,000 to more than 10,000 feet (610 to 3,048 meters). Drilling equipment is passed through the vessel's moon pool and connected to the well equipment ...

Jones Well Drilling, Inc., a family business in Randolph, has stood the test of time and is celebrating its 140th anniversary ...

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has launched an international tender to charter another jack-up drilling rig to run intervention work at several shallow-water fields in the South ...