Modern offshore oil rigs are engineering wonders designed to accommodate massive crews and operate in some of the most hostile environments on Earth. As the demand for oil drives exploration into ...

The White House announced today that all new deepwater drilling will require environmental reviews. What’s that you say? You assume an activity as transparently fraught with danger and risk as ...

There is a lot of buzz over Senator Frank Lautenberg’s suggestion that oil companies be required to drill a relief well at the same time as they drill any deepwater production well. That would allow ...

Deepwater drilling is becoming increasing important in the oil and gas (O&G) industry as shallower reserves are depleted. According to Global Energy Monitor’s Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker, in ...

At-a-Glance: Safety compliance in deepwater drilling is achieved by rigorous barrier management, disciplined well-control engineering, and a closed-loop assurance system (plan–execute–verify–improve) ...

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

(RTTNews) - Energy technology company SLB (SLB) has been awarded a major drilling contract by Australian independent Woodside Energy (WDS) for its ultra-deepwater Trion development project, offshore ...