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 ...

and transport offshore oil. A major deposit, known in the trade as an “elephant,” can produce up to 20,000 barrels a day for years. So a single rig can produce revenues of about $550 million ...

Providing a very stable drilling environment, in comparison to other types of offshore drilling rigs, jackups can drill in waters up to 350 feet deep. Once drilling is required in waters that are ...

In offshore resources, 20 rigs were operating, in line with the week-ago count. U.S. Oil Rig Count Rises ... Rig Count by Type: The number of vertical drilling rigs totaled 12 units, lower ...

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 ...

The first category involves the charter of up to three cantilever-type jack-up rigs of MLT or BMC design ... profile of some of its largest offshore oil and gas fields on the west coast ...