A winter oil-drilling campaign planned by ConocoPhillips will proceed without interruption despite the dramatic wreck of an ...

A former contractor who helped assemble Doyon Drilling Rig 26 — or "The Beast" as it's known — described the project as a ...

Off-shore oil drilling currently accounts for over 35% of the world's total oil production, and that number has consistently risen over recent history. While a majority of oil extraction takes place ...

Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy -- including some strange sources being explored-- is still a long way away.

Construction of the massive land oil drilling rig known as “The Beast” — officially Doyon Rig 26 — was a grueling, 18-month ...

Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be ...

Oil rigs, particularly the offshore type, are one of the most fascinating parts of the global energy industry. How do they work? How big can they get? Do they float on water? It's not surprising that ...

Purpose: Automation in rig operations reduces human exposure, compresses well construction time, stabilizes drilling performance, and lowers fuel and maintenance costs while improving wellbore quality ...