| 单词 | drilling rig |
| 例句 | “I could show you where I work. One of the drilling rigs,” he ventured. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Oil promised money through work on drilling rigs and frac crews and acidizing units, and it meant people were willing to live here whatever the deprivation. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Had he really needed the trucking business that cost him $4 million to move drilling rigs in and out of the oil field? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He wants to impose a tax on companies with drilling rigs so far out at sea that they sit on the outer continental shelves and thus avoid paying taxes. Quinn's bad news budget: 'our rendezvous with reality has arrived' 2012-02-22T18:28:00Z A more realistic worry for whaling would be an oil spill from an offshore Arctic drilling rig, he said. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The movie opens with BP managers traveling to the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in an attempt to expedite a project that has fallen more than a month behind at a cost of millions of dollars. The True Story Behind the 'Deepwater Horizon' Movie 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Publishers have bought at least six books relating to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, and several more proposals are circulating. Publishers Ready Books on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2010-07-20T21:12:00Z We recall with ease, and reluctance, the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig as it sank into the gulf. ‘Spill’: A devastating account of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Scattered incongruously on distant bluffs were several pumpjack oil drilling rigs, most of them inactive, poised over the earth like herons. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The film chronicles the last moments on the drilling rig for which the movie is named in remarkable detail. The True Story Behind the 'Deepwater Horizon' Movie 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z A few of those are on hand as the crisis unfolds on board the Deepwater Horizon, a drilling rig that floats over an oil deposit off the Louisiana coast. Review: In ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ Oil, Fire and Greed 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Not to a film based on the last hours of a doomed oil drilling rig whose fiery demise led to one of the largest environmental disasters in American history. Risky Business: Hollywood Bets Big on ‘Deepwater Horizon’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z This score was presented here as originally conceived, with a film by Bill Morrison that shows time-lapse images of cargo ships, trucks being loaded, drilling rigs and highways in New York and Hamburg. Music Review: The Tale Those Strings Can Tell 2011-02-04T23:57:02Z “Lost Landscapes of L.A.” takes the viewer through Los Angeles of old, when large patches of the city were still covered by drilling rigs and City Hall was the tallest building around. Datebook: Jimmie Durham's long-awaited U.S. retrospective, masculine and feminine and the nature of translation 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Overall, oil companies have cut 36 active drilling rigs in the Permian in the last year, a 10% drop. Exxon-Pioneer tie up could squeeze US shale oil suppliers, pipelines 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Earlier in August, an offshore drilling rig arrived at its destination in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast and will start operations soon. Senior US envoy looks into possibilities for solving Lebanon-Israel border dispute 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z It was a drilling rig, of all things, transplanted from the oil fields of North Dakota. The Race to Unlock a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Glenn Baranko, president of the contractor building paths to drilling rigs and providing environmental services in the oil field, planned to assign jobs to five initial workers based on their skillsets. Ukrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z But the drilling rigs can’t get in where homes are really close together. Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z If Ibama upholds the decision, Petrobras added, the drilling rig and other equipment in the region will be moved to southeastern Brazil. Brazil's Petrobras to appeal decision blocking drilling at Amazon mouth 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z U.S. gas producers last week slashed the number of drilling rigs by the most in seven years, in a sign of future weakness for gas-pipeline companies. ONEOK shares drop on concerns over Magellan pipeline deal 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z But for now, the home of the new high school building looks like an archaeological dig site, crawling with excavators, geothermal drilling rigs and a massive white tent. New high school will be ‘crown jewel’ of South End neighborhood 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The company said in February it would drop three drilling rigs in coming months and would reduce gas output by 4% to 6% this year. Chesapeake Energy profit beats on higher natural gas output 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Cano has seen drilling rigs boring new wells on nearby farms, and he’s concerned those wells are deeper than the household wells. Despite storms, many Californians are still coping with dry wells and awaiting fixes 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z U.S. oil and gas producer APA Corp on Thursday said it planned to drop a drilling rig in the North Sea as recent increases to tax rates have made its operations there less competitive. London court hearing in $577 mln Trafigura nickel case due Friday 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z They have uses beyond weather studies, he said, citing offshore drilling rigs in Texas that use balloons to monitor conditions to catch problems and speed up repairs. Three objects shot down over U.S., Canada may be ‘benign’ 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Holmstrom managed the Chemical Safety Board’s investigation into the 2010 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused the worst offshore spill in American history. Health and Environmental Fears Remain After Ohio Derailment and Inferno 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The plane is a heavy hauler, moving military vehicles, loads of cars and large equipment such as drilling rigs. The last 747: Boeing workers reflect on an iconic plane like no other 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Getting rid of the “produced” water is an important business in West Texas, and locations labeled “SWD” — for saltwater disposal — dot the landscape of drilling rigs and truck-worn roads. In Texas Oil Country, an Unfamiliar Threat: Earthquakes 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Attracting laborers for crews needed to run frac fleets and rigs has been stubbornly difficult, Helms said, adding that more drilling rigs have moved south to the Permian. Analysis: Energy hungry Europe can't look to U.S. shale to fill any OPEC gap 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “It will be very similar to the pattern and lifestyle” of workers on offshore drilling rigs, Mr. Haydock said. Giant Wind Farms Arise Off Scotland, Easing the Pain of Oil’s Decline 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z It will run 28 to 30 drilling rigs next year, up to a 3-rig increase, and eight to ten hydraulic fracturing fleets, up about one or two from 2022. EOG eyes 10% well cost increase in 2023, maintains low single-digit oil growth 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The company has invested heavily in technology to reduce the carbon emissions from its shale operations, known as BPX, including by electrifying drilling rigs in the oil-rich Permian basin, Birrell said. BP looks to North Sea, U.S. shale for near-term oil and gas boost 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Activists said that putting even more drilling rigs in the Gulf, where they are vulnerable to larger and more frequent hurricanes because of climate change, would lead to disaster. Where the New Climate Law Means More Drilling, Not Less. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Repairs were delayed by gale-force winds that whipped the sagebrush-covered hills and buffeted a drilling rig that rose 50 meters from the desert like a misplaced lighthouse. In Utah, researchers are trying to unlock Earth’s heat and make geothermal energy a reality 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z A horizontal drilling rig on a lease owned by Parsley Energy operates at sunrise in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas U.S. U.S. oil mergers drop to $12 billion as volatility limits deals 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Three Norwegian labour unions agreed on a wage deal with the owners of floating offshore oil drilling rigs, preventing the outbreak of a strike that would have disrupted exploration, unions and employers said on Wednesday. Hungary decree allows govt to supervise energy firms if needed 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The Russians said that the Ukrainian attack on the drilling rig had resulted in an intensive fire and could lead to “an environmental disaster.” The arrival of Western weapons begins to reshape the battle off Ukraine’s coast. 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Ukraine has struck three Russian drilling rigs in the northwestern Black Sea, a Russian official said on Monday. A Russian official says Ukraine hit drilling rigs in the Black Sea. 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z FORGE’s drilling rig perches above that granite, its metal skeleton dwarfing the trucks and one-story buildings clustered around it. In Utah, researchers are trying to unlock Earth’s heat and make geothermal energy a reality 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Japan’s government said Tuesday it protested to Beijing after finding that China has set up a new oil drilling rig in a contested area of the East China Sea. Japan PM says dialogue with China, S. Korea key to stability 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z A second drilling rig and a second floating production platform are being considered for the next phase along with a more than 100-mile-long gas pipeline, three people close to the discussions said. Exclusive: Equinor, Exxon agree to expand Brazil oil operations 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “We’re competing against Amazon hiring drivers, or Target with positions in air-conditioned warehouses. It’s easier than a drilling rig in west Texas in the summer,” he said. N. American oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Hundreds of parcels of public land that companies nominated for leasing had been previously dropped from the upcoming lease sale because of concerns about wildlife being harmed by drilling rigs. Biden increases crude oil royalty rate, scales back leases 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “It was pretty interesting when they brought the drilling rig out here to do the work,” he said, noting that neighbors were curious about the project. Geothermal heat pumps are among the most earth-friendly home energy sources, experts say 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z A drilling crew member raises drill pipe onto the drilling rig floor on an oil rig in the Permian Basin near Wink, Texas U.S. U.S. oil firms output to accelerate, expect strong year-end prices - Fed Survey 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The partners are assessing awarding a contract for a second drilling rig. Exclusive: Equinor, Exxon agree to expand Brazil oil operations 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z A drilling rig operates in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area in Lea County, New Mexico, U.S., Biden administration says will resume plans for federal oil and gas development 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The prosecutor said the Texas man, a drilling rig worker, had also texted a friend about plans to drag Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers from the Capitol that day. Capitol riots: Guy Reffitt accused of being 'tip of spear' in 6 January mob 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Tall City Exploration, a privately-backed Permian producer, added a second drilling rig late last year and will run it through year-end. U.S. shale oil forecasts keep rising as smaller producers lead the way 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z A drilling rig on a lease owned by Oasis Petroleum operates in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area near Wink, Texas U.S. All options on the table for oil prices, White House says 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z On Sept. 25, the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan came within 7 nautical miles of the Tuna Block drilling rig. EXCLUSIVE China protested Indonesian drilling, military exercises 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Two drilling rigs were added in the U.S. Exxon to offer spending outlook as investors seek clues to low-carbon returns 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Exxon and Chevron are looking to add drilling rigs in the Permian shale basin after sharply cutting crews and output in the region last year, the companies said Friday. Oil falls after China releases reserves of gasoline, diesel 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Drill pipe is seen below a drilling rig on a lease owned by Oasis Petroleum in the Permian Basin near Wink, Texas U.S. Crestwood Equity to boost U.S. shale footprint with $1.8 bln deal 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z However, a shortage of skilled crews to operate drilling rigs in Canada could limit how much gas output climbs, and some producers remain cautious that increased supply may rein in prices. Canada boosts U.S. natgas exports, drills more as global prices surge 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z After the drilling rig is removed, it is replaced with a wellhead. Russia allows methane leaks at planet’s peril In Southern California, Amplify operates two platforms, Ellen and Eureka, which are equipped with drilling rigs and other equipment. Oil company at center of Orange County spill received millions in federal relief 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The head of Amplify Energy, the company that operates the drilling rig, has evaded questions about the timeline of the company’s actions in the hours before federal authorities were informed about the oil leak. Orange County oil spill: A week later, the water remains off-limits for surfers, swimmers, fishermen 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z When workers for the company operating the Elly drilling rig saw oil in the water miles from the California shoreline, they didn’t immediately call authorities. Pipeline company evades questions over a 15-hour gap before reporting oil spill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The clearest example of this was the provisioning of the Shell offshore oil drilling rig at Terminal 5 in 2015. Wake up, voters: Your choice in the Port of Seattle Commission race matters 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z For years, the visible drilling rigs, pumps and refineries that line portions of the Southern California coastline have stood in strange contrast to the palm trees and surf culture for which the area is known. California lawmakers push to ban new drilling in wake of massive oil spill 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z “Just because prices have jumped for a month or two doesn’t mean there will be a stampede of drilling rigs,” he said. Energy Prices Spike as Producers Worry Over Pandemic and Climate 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Stephen Stone's dangerous job on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig puts him in the way of a massive explosion that almost cost him his life. A hard look at the "dirty work" nobody wants to celebrate this Labor Day 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which regulates offshore oil and gas platforms, said in a media update that as of Friday morning, workers had been evacuated from 133 production platforms and six drilling rigs. Satellite Images Find ‘Substantial’ Oil Spill in Gulf After Ida 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Vale also has four autonomous drilling rigs at Carajas and plans to add another three by the year's end, Bemfica said. Brazil's Vale launches self-driving trucks at its largest iron mine Carajas 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. Oil rises as Hurricane Ida pounds U.S. crude patch, Louisiana 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. U.S. drillers add most oil rigs in a week since April -Baker Hughes 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Haslam was a classmate of Oildale native Merle Haggard and spent his youth working on drilling rigs and in potato fields and packing sheds. Gerald Haslam, author who chronicled life in rural California, dies at 84 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z In rival producer the United States, however, the number of drilling rigs has risen to the highest level since April 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday. Oil nudges lower but set for weekly gain on demand recovery hopes 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Port Fourchon, Louisiana's southernmost seaport, is a major base for the U.S. oil and gas industry, supporting most of Louisiana's offshore platforms and drilling rigs. Louisiana Coast Guard search: 1 found dead, 12 remain missing after vessel capsizes, officials say 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The county says that under the revised plan, for example, barriers will be placed around oil drilling rigs to keep the noise down. Plan to allow thousands of California oil wells faces vote 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z In April 2010, 11 people died when an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, unleashing one of the worst offshore oil spills in the United States. 6 Die After Liquid Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Once a booming oil town, it is now the site of abandoned drilling rigs, shuttered stores and homes darkened by blackouts that sometimes last days. Special Report-Venezuela wields a powerful 'hate' law to silence Maduro's remaining foes 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Continental Resources recently shifted drilling rigs to gas from oil in Oklahoma. U.S. shale firms amp up natural gas output as futures signal more gains 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Just five drilling rigs were active in West Virginia for much of the summer, down from more than 20 a year before, according to the energy firm Baker Hughes. West Virginia’s surprising boom, and bust, tells the story of Trump’s promise to help the ‘forgotten man’ 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z She accepted a job as a forklift driver for Versa-Drill, a local manufacturer of drilling rigs, at about half her Carrier salary. Trump’s Carrier deal fades as economic reality intervenes 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Last summer, the number of drilling rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in Wyoming fell to zero for the first time in modern history. Wyoming revenue report less bleak but Gordon urges restraint 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Only one drilling rig was exploring for oil and none was exploring for gas in Wyoming in September. Wyoming oil, gas downturn continues to take toll on economy 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Staff from more than 280 production platforms and drilling rigs were evacuated ahead of the storm. Hurricane Delta's winds topple gear, disrupt U.S. oil refineries 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z A total of 139 platforms or drilling rigs in the U.S. U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil output remains lower in wake of storm, data shows 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Offshore operators were busy scheduling reconnaissance flights over the more than 300 offshore platforms and drilling rigs whose crews evacuated last week. U.S. energy firms tally hurricane damage, plot restarts as Laura races north 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Energy producers evacuated 299 production platforms and 11 drilling rigs as of midday Tuesday, according to offshore regulators. Oil producers cut 84% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico output: U.S. regulator 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Energy companies also moved drilling rigs to avoid the storms. Offshore oil and gas production is crimped by Gulf storms 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The prospect of oil drilling rigs in this treasured place, therefore, is deeply wounding. 'There's nowhere like it': Alaska's wildlife refuge fears death by drilling 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The details of what happened that day in July 2019 - and how an unlicensed worker came to be operating the powerful drilling rig for a Florida Power & Light job - are laid bare in court documents. Water crisis drama began with ‘Hey, we broke something here’ 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z “Rigging down the last working drilling rig in Wyoming.” Wyoming has no operating oil rigs for 2nd time since 1884 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z In Wyoming, for example, a single drilling rig is now operating in the state, versus more than 30 a year ago. Trump administration easing more Obama-era oil and gas rules 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z In Wyoming, for example, a single drilling rig is now operating in the state, versus more than 30 a year ago. Trump administration easing more Obama-era oil and gas rules 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z One barometer of the collapse is the local drilling rig count: Last week, it dropped by 37, leaving 246 operating, down from 460 a year ago. ‘This Feels Very Different’ 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Second, said Mr. Strawbridge, Texas drilling rigs are shutting down, oil and gas production is diving, and industrial developers are nervous. Texas Oil Port Hit by One-Two Punch: Falling Demand and Overproduction 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The collapse in oil prices from the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with infections aboard the drilling rigs, are imperiling the vast industry that sprawls across the waters off Scotland and Norway. Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Doom North Sea Oil? 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Explosions at the drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana on April 20th, 2010, released an astonishing 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over almost three months. Deepwater Horizon: a decade of disaster 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z All drilling teams in the Gulf of Mexico train on interactive simulators replicating nearly every critical job on an offshore drilling rig, BP says. Ten years after Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Trump administration weakens regulations 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Yet the Trump administration has relaxed rules adopted in 2016, including the frequency of drilling rig safety tests. 10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z It would then sideline two of its six drilling rigs in the field for several years to hold production steady. Shale pioneer John Hess says key U.S. fields starting to plateau 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The offshore explosion and fire that year on BP’s leased drilling rig killed 11 people. BP oil spill cash rebuilds eroded Louisiana pelican island 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Pumps that size typically are reserved for large offshore drilling rigs, McGrath said. ConocoPhillips, Doyon prepare to test big Alaska drill rig 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The sculpture is a revealing image of a mermaid whose open robe is decorated on the inside with a drilling rig theme. Ten years after Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Trump administration weakens regulations 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z It was springtime at the start of a new decade when a series of explosions brought down the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in April 2010, triggering the largest oil spill in US history. This was the decade climate change slapped us in the face 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z In the United States as well, energy services company Baker Hughes reported that U.S. oil drillers reduced the number of drilling rigs for a record 12 months in a row. Oil drops as U.S. inventory build, record output rekindles supply worries 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency quoted a coalition spokesman as saying that the rebels seized the vessel while it was towing a South Korean drilling rig the previous day. World Digest: Nov. 18, 2019 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Turki al-Malki as saying Monday that Houthi rebels seized the vessel while it was towing a South Korean drilling rig the previous day. Saudi-led coalition says Yemeni rebels hijacked vessel 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z They were completed this summer, and the drilling rig left the site at the end of July. Seeking New Energy, an English Town Digs Deep 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z They claim an environmental review was rushed, incomplete and preordained and that it presents only a fraction of the long-term damage that will occur if drilling rigs are allowed into what’s now a wilderness area. Critics gear up for response to lease sale in Arctic refuge 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, Greenpeace activists onboard a ship blocked the path of BP drilling rig in the North Sea for weeks. Greenpeace activists climb Shell North Sea platform saying 'clean up you mess' 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Last spring, a well drilling rig caused a small power outage when it became tangled in an overhead power line. Utility reminds farmers to watch for power lines at harvest 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z County officials defended the rules, citing the need to keep the noise and emissions of drilling rigs further from growing communities. Adams County OKs tougher oil and gas rules; industry objects 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z He would use the road to bring in drilling rigs and other oil exploration equipment. Trump’s pick for managing federal lands doesn’t believe the government should have any 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z STM is a sort of a quantum version of a drilling rig that travels back and forth across the material, trying to investigate interesting and fertile places, but that, crucially, does not pollute the sample. New Research Reveals how Electrons Interact in Twisted Graphene 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Chief electronics technician Mike Williams and other crew members fight for survival when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Greenpeace activists have made another attempt to board a drilling rig being towed in the North Sea. Activists try to board oil rig at sea 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z The environmental group said its aim was to draw attention to climate change, and delay the drilling rig's journey into the North Sea. Greenpeace protesters 'back on rig' 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Operators of oil drilling rigs also posted gains. Markets Right Now: Stocks up as oil jumps on tanker attack 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Eleven people died in April 2010 when the drilling rig exploded, ultimately releasing more than 3 million barrels of crude. Trump easing offshore drilling safety rules from Deepwater 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Crude extended gains from last week, when a drop in crude exports from OPEC’s de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, and a draw in U.S. drilling rigs and oil inventories supported prices. Asia stocks slip, oil near six-month peak as U.S. prepares to... 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The night sky is lit up like a sports arena by flares and the glare of massive drilling rigs. Some Texans react to oil-gas boom, changing communities 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z They said that in fields east of Junin, only a handful of the dozens of drilling rigs are working at any one time. Special Report: How Russia sank billions of dollars into Venezuela... 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s newly unveiled Green New Deal takes aim at fossil-fuel emissions, but her congressional website features a photo of an offshore drilling rig. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlights offshore drilling rig on congressional website 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z At the beginning of December, according to figures from oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, the basin accounted for more than half of the nation’s operating drilling rigs - 489 in all. Worries about worker dangers grow amid US oil and gas boom 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z At the beginning of December, according to figures from oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, the basin accounted for more than half of the nation’s operating drilling rigs — 489 in all. Worries about worker dangers grow amid US oil and gas boom 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z It’s an excuse that strains credulity; ballistic-missile launchers do not look very much like drilling rigs. From Arizona to Yemen: The Journey of an American Bomb 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z In 1958, Zapata Offshore’s drilling rig Scorpion was moved from the Gulf of Mexico to Cay Sal Bank, the most remote group of islands in the Bahamas and just fifty-four miles north of Isabela, Cuba. Elite secret society tied Bush to circles of power 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z The uniformity of the world he was growing up in was striking, like the endless plains of drilling rigs in an East Texas oil field. Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Watts spoke to local television reporters from the front porch of the family's home in Frederick, a small town on the plains north of Denver where drilling rigs and oil wells surround booming subdivisions. Convicted murderer quiet on why he killed wife, daughters 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Christopher Watts spoke to local television reporters from the front porch of the family's home in Frederick, a small town on the plains north of Denver where drilling rigs and oil wells surround booming subdivisions. Man who strangled wife, killed his 2 girls sentenced to life 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z In Colorado, a proposal to increase the setback distance between homes and drilling rigs from 500 to 2,500 feet was trailing 57 percent to 42 percent. Voters Reject Several Climate-Related Ballot Initiatives 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Chevron ran 20 drilling rigs in its Permian operations during the quarter, and will continue running the same number this quarter, Yarrington said. Chevron profit doubles as U.S. oil production jumps, shares rise 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The number of drilling rigs operating in the state has doubled since 2016 — and more are on the way. Driven by Trump Policy Changes, Fracking Booms on Public Lands 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Five drilling rigs also were moved out of the storm’s path, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said. Gulf of Mexico offshore platforms evacuated ahead of hurricane 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z BP said it shut in production at four platforms and that drilling rigs are taking steps to withstand the storm. Oil firms pull staff from offshore platforms ahead of hurricane 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Spending on agricultural machinery in 2016 fell 38 percent from 2014 levels; for petroleum and natural gas structures — think oil drilling rigs — the number was down a whopping 60 percent. The Most Important Least-Noticed Economic Event of the Decade 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z An environmental group says the changes raise the risk of more deadly accidents like the 2010 explosion on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Administration easing offshore oil and gas drilling rules 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The family’s two-story home is just outside Frederick, a small town outside Denver where fast-growing subdivisions intermingle with drilling rigs and oil wells. Christopher Watts charged with murder, unlawful termination of pregnancy in wife, daughters’ deaths 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The family’s two-story home is just outside Frederick, a small town outside Denver where fast-growing subdivisions intermingle with drilling rigs and oil wells. Colorado man charged with murder in deaths of wife, 2 kids 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The family’s two-storey home is just outside Frederick, a small town on the grassy plains north of Denver, where fast-growing subdivisions intermingle with drilling rigs and oil wells. Colorado: bodies of two girls submerged in oil before being found, court files say 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Offshore there are drilling rigs and production platforms. AP Interview: FBI eyes plethora of river-related threats 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Oil and gas companies were a big driver: They nearly doubled their investment in new drilling rigs and other structures, adding as much as half a percentage point to growth. Strong US growth likely drove healthy job gain in July 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Before too long, we also began to pass drilling rigs, which towered 50 feet over the road, spewing mud. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The 65-foot-tall drilling rig sitting in a residential neighborhood, with concerned neighbors looking on from lawn chairs. Baby Jessica and Thai cave rescues: 31 years and a world apart 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Eberhart added that his business will also likely be hurt by the steel and aluminum tariffs, which “will raise the prices for materials for drilling rigs, pipes.” How Trump’s Policy Decisions Undermine the Industries He Pledged to Help 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z In 2014, China moved an offshore drilling rig into waters that Vietnam considers part of its exclusive economic zone, which prompted large demonstrations and efforts by Vietnam to force the rig to move. American Is Detained After Joining Protest in Vietnam 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z After he took the top role, Mr. Way quickly laid off 40% of the company’s staff and shut down all of its drilling rigs. Side Effect of Rising Oil Drilling: Indigestion for Gas Frackers 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It wasn’t uncommon to see farmers shifting growing patterns or fallowing acres; new drilling rigs or freshly tilled acreage didn’t excite much chatter. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The company that owns a geothermal plant near Hawaii’s erupting volcano says lava has burned down a substation and adjacent warehouse that stored a drilling rig at the complex. The Latest: Man goes past checkpoint, crashes into hard lava 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The number of active onshore drilling rigs in the United States climbed to 1,011 last week, up 18.5 percent from a year earlier, according to the Baker Hughes rig count. Crude prices rise despite Saudi pledge to ‘mitigate’ effect of U.S. sanctions on Iranian exports 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z In the Orinoco Belt, some drilling rigs are working only intermittently for lack of crews, said two sources there. Under military rule, Venezuela oil workers quit in a stampede 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The Casper Star-Tribune reports that officials say no one was hurt when a drilling rig hit a pocket of natural gas early Sunday in a rural area of Converse County. No injuries in well blowout in Wyoming 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Oro Negro shareholders say Mr. Fredriksen, through his position on the bondholders committee, is trying to foreclose on the company’s drilling rigs and take over its contracts. Battle Over Oil Driller Tests Mexico’s Pledge to Level Playing Field for Energy Firms 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Others in the fishing industry are more resigned to sharing the waters with drilling rigs. Drilling in ‘Australia’s Galápagos’ raises hopes of jobs, fears of spill 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z It warned about a series of “potentially catastrophic crane and lifting incidents” that occurred late last year on platforms and drilling rigs. Offshore Oil and Gas Operators Want Less Regulation, but Surprise Inspections Find Serious Safety Problems 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Schlumberger, one of the world’s leading oil-field services companies, said it would become a “key anchor tenant” in the development The company said itand would manufacture products for land drilling rigs. Saudi crown prince faces battle royal in wooing U.S. investors to the kingdom 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z L&H; worked pretty strictly in the oil fields, doing drilling rig repair and similar work. Building an industrial beast 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z These creditors are suing Oro Negro in a New York federal court to seize control of its five jackup drilling rigs used to extract oil in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Battle Over Oil Driller Tests Mexico’s Pledge to Level Playing Field for Energy Firms 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But in early March, the number of drilling rigs used in the Gulf was just 14, compared with 145 at the industry’s peak in 2000. Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z On average, there was one incident for every 13.5 offshore platforms or drilling rigs, according to agency data. Offshore Oil and Gas Operators Want Less Regulation, but Surprise Inspections Find Serious Safety Problems 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Economists warn that any benefit in terms of jobs could be far outweighed by increased steel costs for U.S. automobiles, wind turbines, shale oil and gas drilling rigs, and more. Trump trade adviser says no exceptions for allies on new aluminum and steel tariffs 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Royal Dutch Shell PLC ended a $7 billion exploration effort in the seas north of Alaska in 2015 after prices fell and one of its drilling rigs ran aground in foul weather. U.S. Sanctions, Low Oil Prices Doomed Exxon’s Russian Projects 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z He worked for 13 years on drilling rigs at a crude oil company near his home in Dorton, Kentucky. Switching careers shouldn’t have to be so hard | Produced By Advertising Publications 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The regulators did not visit the drilling rig or enforce existing law. Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z The State Lands Commission sent a letter Wednesday saying the state would not approve pipelines to transport oil from offshore drilling rigs to the shore. California officials pledge to reject offshore drilling 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Five missing after explosion at Oklahoma oil rig: Five people were missing after a fiery explosion ripped through an eastern Oklahoma drilling rig on Monday, emergency officials said. 16-year-old in custody after student is hurt in Texas school shooting 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The oil industry likes the idea that these areas, long off-limits, could someday be home to drilling rigs. Q&A: Plan to expand offshore drilling draws cheers, jeers 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z A drilling rig broke free, slamming into the school’s research pier and destroying instruments that reported environmental data back to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. UT Marine Science Institute still in shambles after Harvey 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The port operates around the clock, 365 days a year, with hundreds of service boats and helicopters ferrying crews to and from offshore platforms and drilling rigs. Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z That accident, the largest oil spill in the history of the U.S., killed 11 workers on the drilling rig and spilled more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Regulators Propose Rollbacks to Offshore Drilling Safety Measures 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z The Norwegian company, once the largest drilling rig operator by market value, filed for bankruptcy protection after being hit hard by oil company investment cutbacks following the fall in oil prices. Barclays proposes alternative Seadrill restructuring plan-court filing 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z With Trump’s reductions, some of that land will now be open, again, to mineral and oil-and-gas extraction—but both sides agree that we’re unlikely to see drilling rigs inside monument boundaries anytime soon. What Trump’s Shrinking of National Monuments Actually Means 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Watch, eliminating the need for workers to visit thousands of shale drilling rigs to read gauges and manually adjust valves. Pressured for profit, oil majors bet big on shale technology 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Those who treasure the splendor of industrial sprawl must visit this morass of pipe lines, buildings drilling rigs, gravel pits, roads and pools of toxic chemicals. Opinion | Protect Alaska’s Last Great Wilderness From Oil Drilling 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z When many oil companies were hunkering down trying to save money, Robert Trice, a geologist, spent four months on a drilling rig in the rough waters west of Scotland’s Shetland Islands. A Geologist Bets on a North Sea Gusher That May Never Come 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The Norwegian company, once the largest drilling rig operator by market value, filed for bankruptcy protection after being hit hard by oil company investment cutbacks following the fall in oil prices. Barclays proposes alternative Seadrill restructuring plan-court filing 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Will tourists continue to visit, Spalding asks, if there are drilling rigs in the foreground and mining plumes in the background? What Trump’s Shrinking of National Monuments Actually Means 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Watch, eliminating the need for workers to visit thousands of shale drilling rigs to read gauges and manually adjust valves. Pressured for profit, oil majors bet big on shale technology 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain were also under a hurricane warning, and several offshore oil and gas platforms and drilling rigs in the gulf were evacuated. Tropical Storm Nate Kills 22 in Central America Amid Flooding and Landslides 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Dozens of offshore oil and gas platforms and drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated. Tropical storm Nate poised to hit Gulf coast as hurricane over weekend 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Know-how gained from the Bakken and Three Forks is being tested on other formations in the state and it has been successfully applied elsewhere, creating a rivalry for drilling rigs and investment. Hoeven, industry want study of North Dakota oil potential 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Fuel supplies necessary to keep the drilling rigs going may also fall short because of the refinery shutdowns. Storm’s Impact on Oil Industry Is Felt at Gasoline Pumps 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Next year, it plans to sell its land drilling rigs business in the Middle East and North Africa, according to Fuel Fix. These Are the 12 Employers Who Have Laid Off the Most Workers This Year 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Ms Abdel-Magied, whose family migrated to Australia when she was a baby, worked on offshore drilling rigs after graduating from the University of Queensland with first-class honours. The Anzac post, outrage and a debate about race - BBC News 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The bureau also said five drilling rigs had been evacuated and 11 other rigs had been moved out of the path of the storm. Tropical storm Nate poised to hit Gulf coast as hurricane over weekend 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z This year, Nordloef’s RV is parked near the drilling rig and the road workers use to access the site. North Dakota park surrounded by oil development 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z U.S. oil and gas companies added 10 drilling rigs in July, the fewest in any month since May 2016. U.S. shale oil producers cannot shake impulse to keep pumping 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The number of drilling rigs there has almost tripled, from less than 140 last spring to almost 380 by late July. Fracking-related water issues draw attention in West Texas 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Not long ago, drug use on a drilling rig was out in the open, said Kevin Tyson, a 55-year-old recovering addict. Some West Texas oil field workers acknowledge drug use 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Both companies said they would continue to deploy drilling rigs and other equipment to the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. oilfield. Exxon Mobil profit disappoints Wall Street, Chevron shines 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But should a guy who digs holes with a shovel or works on a drilling rig be forced to sign a non-compete? A 21st-century form of indentured servitude has already penetrated deep into the American heartland 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z U.S. oil and gas companies added 10 drilling rigs in July, the fewest in any month since May 2016. U.S. shale oil producers cannot shake impulse to keep pumping 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Trucks trundled up the mountain through the blinding mist carrying an imposing 90-tonne, 86ft-high drilling rig, steel drilling pipes, mud and cement tanks and other vital equipment. Why is India drilling deep into an earthquake hotspot? - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z About 20 additional drilling rigs are exploring for natural gas and fracking crews are suddenly in short supply. After dismal 2016, shale gas drillers begin to turn a corner 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Both companies said they would continue to deploy drilling rigs and other equipment to the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. oilfield. Exxon Mobil profit disappoints Wall Street, Chevron shines 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Data on Friday showed a record 22nd consecutive week of increases in U.S. oil drilling rigs. Oil prices hit seven-month lows on global oversupply 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z American oil production, after a two-year slump, is soaring again, with the active drilling rig count more than doubling since May 2016. Drivers Head Into Summer With a Gift at the Gas Pump 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He has turned the living quarters of a scrapped BP offshore platform into a makeshift motel and office for workers of drilling rigs that come into the yard for maintenance. Digging the Graveyard of Oil’s Past 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Under questioning, Costa described how he, Cerveró and other Petrobras directors had been deliberately overpaying on contracts with various companies for office construction, drilling rigs, refineries and exploration vessels. Has Brazil’s Operation Car Wash exposed the biggest corruption scandal ever? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The combustible ice — a frozen mixture of water and concentrated natural gas — was successfully mined by a drilling rig operating in the South China Sea on Thursday, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court on Monday ruled against an American oil drilling company that claimed Venezuela unlawfully seized 11 drilling rigs in 2010. U.S. Supreme Court sides with Venezuela over oil rigs claim 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Newer technology allows drilling rigs to bore vertically and then horizontally to reach oil or gas some distance away. Oil-gas wells shut down after Colorado home explosion 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Equipment deployed to the work sites includes a 100-ton crane and a massive drilling rig. Work beginning to build support piers for new freeway ramps 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z By the end of next year, nine drilling rigs will join the 11 that Chevron already has poking holes into Permian land. Chevron pivots to Permian shale as mega-project era fades 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The last time a weekly rig report listed four or more active drilling rigs in the basin was November 2015. Number of drilling rigs in San Juan Basin sparks optimism 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Baker Hughes reported an increase in the number of drilling rigs added by U.S. drillers last week. Oil prices fall on doubts over Russian output curbs 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z The U.S. land drilling rig count is up 55 percent in the past 12 months, and many of them are in the Permian. Titans of oil world meet in Houston after two-year price war 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z The audit found 111 omitted drilling rigs and 101 miles of omitted pipeline that hadn’t been claimed. Audit: Oil industry owes Eddy County $460,000 in back taxes 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The company is also doing more work with fewer drilling rigs. Key Metric Likely Won’t Reflect Oil Rally 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z New Mexico Oil and Gas Association spokesman Wally Drangmeister says each operating drilling rig creates around 50 to 75 full-time jobs. Number of drilling rigs in San Juan Basin sparks optimism 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Still, squint at those drilling rigs and you can imagine a future. Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump’s Pick for Interior Secretary, and the Rising American Land Movements 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z He has been known to discuss the minutiae of drilling rigs and pipeline routes with foreign delegates until their eyes glaze over. Why Russia Is Excited About Donald Trump's Pick for Secretary of State 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z “We compete with the Americans in our province for drilling rigs. Our farmers compete with their farmers. Competitiveness for Canadians matter especially at a time when our energy sector is reeling from low commodity prices.” Biden urges Canada to fight climate change despite Trump 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Winans, 85, lost one son in the mine and another on a gas drilling rig. In West Virginia coal country, voters are ‘thrilled’ about Donald Trump 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Rowan said it will contribute three jack-up drilling rigs to the joint venture and Saudi Aramco will contribute two at the start of operations. Rowan, Saudi Aramco tie up for offshore drilling in Saudi Arabia 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Fossil fuel interests have eyed the Arctic as a huge new frontier for oil and gas riches, with rapidly melting sea ice making areas of the Arctic Ocean more accessible for drilling rigs. Obama puts Arctic Ocean off limits for drilling in last-ditch barrier to Trump 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z For instance, demand for labor and equipment was so great that truck drivers hauling oil-field equipment regularly made six-figure salaries, and rates to rent drilling rigs skyrocketed. Halliburton Swings to Profit 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and caused an oil spill that became the worst environmental disaster in US history. BP scraps controversial Australian oil exploration site - BBC News 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z On the night of April 20, 2010, more than forty miles off the coast of Louisiana, a drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon suffered a series of explosions. Drift Around the Country with “American Honey” 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, energy companies, researchers and government officials are also proceeding with floating technologies adapted from deepwater oil and gas drilling rigs, which use tethers and anchors to moor platforms to the seabed. Offshore Wind Farms See Promise in Platforms That Float 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z U.S. oil and gas producers in the east of the Gulf of Mexico removed workers from 10 offshore platforms, moved drilling rigs and shut some output because of the storm. Hurricane warning issued for parts of Florida; Madeline weakens off Hawaii 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z He also coordinates mobilizations, when a drilling rig is moved to another site. How to Pack for Weeks on an Offshore Oil Rig 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z A salvage team will attempt to refloat a 17,000 tonne drilling rig that became grounded on Lewis almost two weeks ago. Attempt to be made to refloat grounded rig Transocean Winner - BBC News 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z A worldwide oversupply of oil that knee-capped prices and forced hundreds of U.S. drilling rigs offline may finally be easing, but American oil firms are still cutting back on production. Oil Glut Eases, but U.S. Drillers Still Hurting 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Transocean was the owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and triggering the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Diesel Fuel Leaking From Grounded Oil Rig in U.K. 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z A coastguard official monitors the Transocean Winner drilling rig off the coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, after it ran aground in severe weather conditions, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2016. Fuel tanks breached on oil rig swept onto Scottish beach 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z There were no personnel aboard the 17,000-tonne drilling rig when it became detached from the tug in the early hours of Monday, 8 August. Salvage teams prepare to inspect stricken Lewis oil rig - BBC News 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The Transocean Winner drilling rig was being towed when it broke free of its tug and ran aground on the Isle of Lewis off Scotland’s west coast on Monday. UK coast guards warn sightseers away from oil rig on beach 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The Transocean Winner drilling rig is seen off the coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, after it ran aground in severe weather conditions, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2016. UK coast guards warn sightseers away from oil rig on beach 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z RIG -5.77 % drilling rig that ran aground in Scotland, authorities in the U.K. said Wednesday. Diesel Fuel Leaking From Grounded Oil Rig in U.K. 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z There were no personnel aboard the 17,000-tonne drilling rig when it became detached from a tug boat in the early hours of Monday, 8 August. Sightseers warned to stay away from stricken Western Isles oil rig - BBC News 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The brief rise above $50 brought idle drilling rigs into operation. Oil’s Slope of Hope Is Getting Less Slippery 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing an oil spill that became the worst environmental disaster in US history. BP profits hit by lower oil price - BBC News 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The Transocean Winner drilling rig was being towed when it broke free of its tug and ran aground on the Isle of Lewis off Scotland's west coast on Monday. UK coast guards warn sightseers away from oil rig on beach 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The industry faces concern that growing gasoline inventories during the peak U.S. summer driving season and a steady rise in working drilling rigs will push up crude inventories, depressing prices and profits. Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street decline 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z On 20 April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing an oil spill that soon became the worst environmental disaster in US history. BP says total Gulf spill bill $61.6bn - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z A higher count for U.S. oil drilling rigs and fewer bullish bets by hedge funds had also weighed on the market. Oil settles up 5 percent, trims gains after hours on API report 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z In the summer of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina toppled drilling rigs and uprooted pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, the price of natural gas rose by more than 40 percent. A Model for ‘Clean Coal’ Runs Off the Tracks 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh Venezuela's bid to block a lawsuit filed by an American oil drilling company that claims the South American country unlawfully seized 11 drilling rigs six years ago. Supreme Court to hear Venezuela oil rig dispute 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The company hopes to put at least 4 drilling rigs to work in the Stack next year. Marathon Oil to Buy PayRock Energy for $888 Million 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Helis Oil & Gas said before the decision that it’s ready to begin drilling an exploratory well, and will begin moving a drilling rig onto the site June 29. State supreme court won’t hear St. Tammany fracking appeal 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Still, there are no drilling rigs operating in Williams County, home to Williston, the de facto capital of the state's oil industry. North Dakota oil output posts biggest drop in history 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Oil prices settled down 3 percent on Friday after data showing the U.S. oil drilling rig count rising for a second week in row and a stronger dollar weighed on demand for greenback-denominated crude futures. Oil down 3 percent as U.S. drillers add rigs, strong dollar weighs 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The Baker Hughes drilling rig count found 23 rigs in the state in the week that ended May 20, down from 78 rigs a year earlier. Trump promotes fossil fuels and assails pollution rules in energy plan 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The conflicts in the South China Sea have escalated in recent years after China installed an oil drilling rig off the coast of Vietnam, within the exclusive 200-mile economic zone established under international law. In historic move, U.S. lifts embargo on arms sales to Vietnam 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The Times’ report added that China infuriated Vietnam in 2014 by building an oil drilling rig right off the Vietnamese coast, which soon after prompted Vietnam to “step up its contacts with the United States.” Obama arrives in Vietnam, with China in mind 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The drilling rig count rose by 1 from the level during last month's production report, which Helms described as a "positive." North Dakota oil output posts biggest drop in history 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z "This boom, it's over, at least it feels that way," said Mark Ohl, who lost his job on a drilling rig after Continental canceled its contract. Special Report: In North Dakota's oil patch, a humbling comedown 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Just 27 drilling rigs are active in North Dakota, matching a low last seen in July 2005 and down from an all-time high of 218 in 2012, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources. Shale Drillers’ Key to Survival: Efficiency 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Many of the nearly 40 groups involved in organizing the event were also involved in large on-water kayak protests against Shell’s Arctic oil drilling rig when it parked last year at a Seattle port. Climate activists march near 2 refineries in Washington 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Many of the nearly 40 groups involved in organizing the event were also involved in large on-water kayak protests against Shell's Arctic oil drilling rig when it parked last year at a Seattle port. Hundreds of climate activists marched to the site of two refineries in northwest Washington state to call for a break from fossil fuels 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z There were only 28 drilling rigs in the state as of Wednesday. North Dakota oil output posts biggest drop in history 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Many of the nearly 40 groups involved in organizing the event were also involved in large on-water kayak protests against Shell's Arctic oil drilling rig when it parked at a Seattle port last year. Dozens of climate activists have blocked railroad tracks leading to two oil refineries in northwest Washington state to oppose the flow of oil from trains to those facilities 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Last spring’s oil-price rally to $60 a barrel encouraged some U.S. producers to put new drilling rigs to work—and then prices fell to painful new lows. Oil Patch Relieved by Price Rebound 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Ethane gets into the air through leaks from drilling rigs, gas storage facilities and pipelines, as well as from intentional venting and gas burnoffs from extraction operations. Study: US oil field source of global uptick in air pollution 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The Middle East may soon be the world’s most active market for drilling rigs. Why Canada’s Oil Industry May Never Be the Same 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Currently there are 30 active drilling rigs in the region, says North Dakota's state government. Why North Dakota is running on empty - BBC News 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z An explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig left 11 crewmen dead, devastated the region's economy and lacquered the sea and shores with at least 167 million gallons of oil over 87 days. 6 Years After BP Spill, U.S. Issues Offshore Drilling Rule 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Rising from the edgeless, wind-scoured, snow-covered tundra is a million-pound drilling rig pulling the first commercial oil from a reserve set aside nearly a century ago. Business Highlights 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Searching for the source of the ethane, an aircraft from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2014 sampled air from directly overhead and downwind of drilling rigs in the Bakken region. Study: US oil field source of global uptick in air pollution 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The drilling rig first began pulling up oil in October, and at peak production will produce 16,000 barrels a day from the Colville-Delta 5 field, or as it's more commonly known, CD5. ConocoPhillips is the first oil company to draw crude from the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area the size of Indiana which President Warren G. Harding dedicated as an emergency oil supply for the U.S. Navy in 1923 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z A huge drilling rig first began pulling up oil in October, and at peak production will produce 16,000 barrels a day from the Colville-Delta 5 field. First oil flows from Alaska reserve set aside in ‘23 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Six years after an explosion aboard a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico sparked the worst maritime oil spill in U.S. history, the Obama administration finalized a new rule aimed at preventing similar disasters. 6 Years After BP Spill, U.S. Issues Offshore Drilling Rule 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Anthony Badalamenti, a manager at Halliburton Energy Services Inc., which provided services to the drilling rig, was also charged with destroying evidence. U.S. Bid to Prosecute BP Staff in Gulf Oil Spill Falls Flat 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z Modern airships could take off and land with the precision of helicopters and deliver entire warehouses, drilling rigs, or fully stocked factories. A New Generation of Airships Is Born 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z “We used to haul drums of oil to drilling rigs. We sell the lubricant, so anything that goes to Ditch Witch, we sell it.” Perry service station is part of Sinclair Oil centennial 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Paragon Offshore, which operates offshore drilling rigs from the Gulf of Mexico to the North Sea, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday evening, the latest filing in a painful shakeout buffeting the oil industry. Paragon Offshore Is Latest of About 60 Oil Firms to File for Bankruptcy 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Offshore drilling rig operator Paragon Offshore PLC filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday, with an agreed turnaround plan that will reduce its debts by about $1.1 billion. Paragon Offshore Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z In the evening after the pressure test, the pipe running from the subsea oil well to the drilling rig buckled around the time a surge of natural gas from the well ignited, causing an explosion. U.S. Bid to Prosecute BP Staff in Gulf Oil Spill Falls Flat 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z In 2014, Chinese and Vietnamese boats sparred after Beijing allowed a Chinese state oil company to park a drilling rig off Vietnam’s coast. Taiwan president makes waves with South China Sea visit 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The rules were based on recommendations from a state task force that tried to address conflicts that arise when energy companies place drilling rigs and other facilities near homes and schools. State OKs oil-gas rules giving cities, counties limited say 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z In November, a drilling rig had added a dash of excitement and hope to deer season. Bust is taking hold in the oil patch 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z “When you drop drilling rigs by 75 percent, the writing is on the wall,” he said. North Dakota airline boardings reflect slump in oil industry 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Since the downturn started, agile independents have slashed spending 50-70 percent, steered drilling rigs to sweet spots and fracked wells more intensely to lift output. Oil below $30 fans wipeout fears among U.S. shale survival artists 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Now the events leading up to the disaster get the Hollywood treatment, as Mark Wahlberg takes on the role of an electronics technician on the doomed drilling rig. Listings: Science in culture 2016 : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Production at the Troll gas field, Norway's largest, was not affected as the installation was a drilling rig, not a production facility, a Statoil spokesman said. North Sea storm forces oil rig evacuations, kills worker 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Earlier, Norway's Statoil said one worker was killed and two were injured when a big wave slammed into a drilling rig Wednesday in the Troll field, also in the North Sea. Oil platforms evacuated in North Sea as drifting barge nears in rough seas 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z The U.S. drilling rig count actually went up slightly, by 17, to 541 at the end of last week, according to Baker Hughes. Oil prices keep falling — this is the reason why 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Extra supplies are also looming from the US, where stockpiles are growing as extra drilling rigs are put into operation. Markets shrug off Spanish poll uncertainty and oil sliding to 11 year low - live 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The White House’s proposal for a 50-mile buffer between the drilling rigs and beaches was a bad idea because it would put too much of the state’s “undiscovered resources, frankly, under lock and key.” As decision nears, opposition builds to offshore drilling along Atlantic Coast 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z A shale oil drilling rig in Southern Texas. Brent crude hits near seven-year low as oil rout continues – as it happened 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The explosion on the BP-operated drilling rig killed 11 workers about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast and set off the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. The Latest: BP supervisor pleads guilty in 2010 oil spill 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The drilling rigs are gone from the hills surrounding this Pennsylvania town of 30,000. America's biggest gas field finally succumbs to downturn 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Extra supplies are also looming from the US, where stockpiles are growing as extra drilling rigs are put into operation. Markets shrug off Spanish poll uncertainty and oil sliding to 11 year low - live 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Residents complain of around-the-clock noise and lights from nearby drilling rigs, and they worry about spills and air pollution. New Colorado oil, gas rules could affect very few sites 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Hundreds of workers are losing jobs as the number of drilling rigs and hydraulic fracturing crews, the lifeblood of any oilfield, falls along with crude prices. North Dakota's colleges pitch education to laid-off roustabouts 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The explosion on the BP-operated drilling rig killed 11 workers and set off the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. The Latest: BP supervisor pleads guilty in 2010 oil spill 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z That case involved replacing a drilling rig at a site in a largely white neighborhood, their lawsuit states. Environmental advocates sue L.A., accusing it of 'rubber stamping' oil drilling plans 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Department of Justice's effort to hold individuals criminally liable for the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and its aftermath. Former BP engineer cleared of obstruction in Gulf of Mexico spill 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Others objected to a provision that would allow regulators to limit the length of time a drilling rig could operate at a multi-well site in an urban mitigation area. New Colorado oil, gas rules could affect very few sites 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z In the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank in 2010, killing 11 people. El Faro one of many disasters that challenged investigators 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The explosion on the BP PLC-operated drilling rig killed 11 workers about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast and set off the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. The Latest: BP supervisor pleads guilty in 2010 oil spill 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Much of the reduction will come from the company's workhorse Bakken shale fields, where it expects to run four drilling rigs next year, about half of the 2015 average. Hess posts third-quarter loss on crude price slump, beats expectations 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The drilling rigs, with their deep underground pipes, once consumed much of the steel that Granite City’s blast furnaces could produce, while the mines supplied the raw material. A Global Chill in Commodity Demand Hits America’s Heartland 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Instead, wine bottles line a wall underneath a large painting of oil workers on a drilling rig. Wine-Tasting Rooms Move Out of the Cellar 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “It helps reinforce the idea that fewer drilling rigs will lead to lower output in the United States,” said Gene McGillian, an analyst at Tradition Energy. Oil Surges as Rig Count Falls 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z U.S. crude production unexpectedly rose last week despite a drop in active drilling rigs. Oil rises as Syria fighting intensifies; US worries over hurricane fade 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z It suffered a slew of mishaps in 2012, culminating on December 31st of that year in a drilling rig breaking loose from its tow lines and running aground. A rig too far 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The unsuccessful campaign is Shell's second major setback in the Arctic after it interrupted exploration for three years in 2012 when an enormous drilling rig broke free and grounded. Shell Drops Arctic Oil Exploration 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Activists in Seattle formed a kayak flotilla in May to protest the arrival of Shell's Arctic-bound drilling rig. 3 Reasons Why Shell Halted Drilling In the Arctic 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Greenpeace, which in July brought together dozens of kayaks in an attempt to blockade Arctic-bound Shell drilling rigs in Portland, Oregon, hailed Monday's announcement. Shell Ends Arctic Drilling for 'Foreseeable Future' 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Noise, lights and health worries generate complaints when drilling rigs set up near homes or schools. Colorado’s high court to decide if cities can ban fracking 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z If Mr Franci’s fears are confirmed, however, this glorious vista will soon be pockmarked with drilling rigs and, in a few years, dotted with geothermal power stations. Mercury and Brunello 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The blowout destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killed 11 workers and sent millions of gallons of crude oil spilling into the Gulf. Republicans oppose new safety rules on offshore drilling 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest The oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer, the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell is outfitting for Arctic oil exploration. Obama defends Arctic drilling decision on eve of Alaska climate change trip 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Range was searching for gas in the Marcellus Shale formation, and in May the Pennsylvania department of Environmental Protection reported that the drilling rig was set up, the frack tanks filled. Marcus Hook’s fortunes rest on new buried treasure: gas 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z As we travelled slowly north at the speed of the Kongakut River’s currents and our own paddling, Shell was sending a drilling rig to the Arctic Ocean. The battle to protect Alaska’s great wildlife sanctuary | Rebecca Solnit 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z U.S. crude dipped below the $40 threshold, before closing at $40.45, following weekly data that showed U.S. energy firms added two oil drilling rigs last week, the fifth increase in a row. Oil prices trade below $40 a barrel for first time since 2009 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Oil prices pushed briefly below the $40-pivot mark following weekly data that showed U.S. energy firms added two oil drilling rigs last week, the fifth increase in a row. U.S. Oil Prices Drop Below $40 for First Time Since 2009 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The weekly oil drilling rig count is also on the way Friday afternoon and is a widely watched indicator about the direction of U.S. output. U.S. Oil Prices Hit Fresh Six-Year Low, Dropping Below $40 a Barrel 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The oil and gas industry accounts for 30 percent of the methane released from U.S. sources each year, much of it resulting from leaks from drilling rigs, pipelines and storage tanks, agency officials say. With proposed limits on methane, EPA takes aim at a powerful greenhouse gas 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z He grew up around the oil fields of Oklahoma, where his father, Harry W. Bass, developed portable drilling rigs and became one of the largest natural-gas processors in the United States. Richard Bass, first person to climb highest peak on each continent, dies at 85 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this article incorrectly called the equipment drilling rigs. Oil Prices Fall on New Drilling 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z To sum it up, we expect the impact of weak demand for drilling rigs and expiration of higher-priced contracts to strongly hit Transocean’s second quarter revenues as well as earnings. Transocean 2Q Preview: Weak Day Rates And Lower Pricing Power Likely To Weigh On Profits 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the number of oil drilling rigs in the U.S. rose last week, fueling concerns that the supply glut is unlikely to abate soon. Oil Prices Fall to Fresh Lows on Supply Concerns 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Oil prices are dropping and on pace to set new multi-month lows Friday as data show U.S. producers are putting more drilling rigs to work despite a lingering world-wide glut. Oil Prices Fall as U.S. Rig Count Rises 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z In May, protesters in Seattle tried but failed to block a Shell drilling rig from docking in Elliott Bay. Portland protesters hanging from bridge disrupt Arctic-bound Shell vessel 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, Whiting now plans to spend $2.15 billion this year, running eight drilling rigs instead of a previous plan for 11. Oil companies slash spending, jobs as prices slide for second time 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z It hopes to return to the exploration for the first time since 2012, when the company experienced several mishaps, including the grounding of a drilling rig that later had to be scrapped. Oregon bridge danglers hope to delay Shell's Arctic drilling 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Prices began to regain ground in the spring, rising so quickly that some American producers started hiring back drilling rigs to pump more crude. Sudden Drop in Crude-Oil Prices Roils U.S. Energy Firms’ Rebound 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z A drilling rig jammed last year, suspending the excavation for a critical tunnel. China’s Global Ambitions, With Loans and Strings Attached 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Over the next nine days, the towing vessel’s engines failed, the lines attached to the Kulluk drilling rig broke and the rig ran aground on Dec. 31. Shell Places Huge Bet on Arctic Oil Riches 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Eleven people died when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, damaging a seafloor wellhead that spilled 3.19 million barrels of oil before it was capped months later. BP agrees to pay $18.7 billion to settle Deepwater Horizon oil spill claims 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Shell’s other drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, arrived in Alaska’s Dutch Harbor on Saturday, Smith said in an email to The Associated Press. Shell secures new authorization in pursuing Arctic drilling 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Department of Justice's effort to hold individuals criminally liable for the April 20, 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and its aftermath. Ex-BP engineer deserves new Gulf spill trial: U.S. appeals court 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The 2015 drilling season will include two drilling rigs and at least 25 support vessels. Shell says could begin Arctic oil exploration off Alaska in late July 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The number of oil drilling rigs in the United States has dropped to near a five-year low, prompting oil field companies like Schlumberger and Halliburton to cut their capital expenditure budgets for this year. U.S. Manufacturing Shows Signs of Stabilizing, New Data Suggests 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The word “kayaktivist” was suddenly everywhere, as dozens of protesters took to the Seattle harbor to try to block Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling rig from heading to Alaska. Your Monday Evening Briefing 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z After a year, he took a different job, with more stable hours, for a company that serviced drilling rigs to prevent them from corroding. After plunge in oil prices, hope fades for group of long-beleaguered workers 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Oil drilling rigs are down 58 percent this year in North Dakota, setting the stage for a reversal after years of breakneck production growth. Disappearing Bakken oil discount adds to output slowdown signs 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z For the Marshall Islands, the clash between shipping and stopping climate change has recently been thrust into the spotlight by accidents involving drilling rigs registered to the nation. Marshall Islands, the Flag for Many Ships, Seeks to Rein In Emissions 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z And the owners of equipment like drilling rigs and supply boats were able to demand premium rates for their services. Chevron and North Sea Rivals Race to Keep an Oil Region Relevant 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z A 24-inch pipeline that delivers crude oil from offshore drilling rigs to refineries inland ruptured and leaked for several hours before firefighters stopped the flow. Things to know about the California oil spill 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z His crew ranged among as many as 40 drilling rigs in southern Oklahoma, western Kansas and the Texas Panhandle. After plunge in oil prices, hope fades for group of long-beleaguered workers 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z From 2003 to 2013, the oil and gas extraction industry workforce more than doubled and the number of drilling rigs increased 71 percent, the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry Worker Death Rate Down by a Third 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z It said the drilling rig is near Canadian, a town of nearly 3,000 residents that is 100 miles northeast of Amarillo in the Texas panhandle. At least three injured after tornado hits Texas gas drilling rig: The Weather Channel 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The spill, which began with the explosion of a BP drilling rig, caused heavy and prolonged oiling in the bay. Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z About 200 protesters gathered at the Port of Seattle on Monday to block access to a Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig headed for the Arctic this summer to resume exploration for oil and gas reserves. Protesters gather in Seattle to block access to Shell oil rig 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The “Shell No” protest was held close to where Shell’s Polar Pioneer drilling rig is docked. Shell accused of strategy risking catastrophic climate change 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The Polar Pioneer is one of two drilling rigs that Royal Dutch Shell plans to park in Seattle until drilling season in the Arctic begins in the summer. Giant Arctic oil drilling rig docks in Seattle 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Shell stored equipment in Seattle for the 2012 drilling season and again wants to use its deep-water port, loading space and workforce to load drilling rigs and the accompanying fleet with supplies and personnel. What’s at stake: The debate over Arctic drilling 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, spending by oil and gas companies on drilling rigs, steel pipes and other equipment plummeted nearly 50 percent in the first quarter, a much steeper drop than economists forecast. Why US economic growth has disappointed this year 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Environmental activists are also preparing for three days of demonstrations starting on May 16 against Shell's plans to store two drilling rigs in Seattle. Seattle activist tries to block Shell's fuel-transfer station 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Ships sit moored at Seattle’s Terminal 5, including the Shell support vessel Aiviq, center, where Royal Dutch Shell wants to park two massive Arctic oil drilling rigs, Wednesday, May 6, 2015. U.S. Arctic Oil Drilling Is A Bet On China 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Tugs brought the Polar Pioneer drilling rig into Seattle waters Thursday afternoon and it was moored at Terminal 5 by 5 p.m. Giant Arctic oil drilling rig docks in Seattle 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The contracting environment for offshore drilling rigs remains extremely challenging, with customers pushing for lower day rates in an increasingly oversupplied market. Transocean Beats Estimates, But Weak Contract Coverage Will Hurt Future Results 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Some talk of physically blocking Shell’s giant drilling rigs — a fairly dangerous idea for people in small boats in a busy port. Grabbing Paddles in Seattle to Ward Off an Oil Giant 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Among other plans, activists say they will meet one of the drilling rigs in kayaks as it arrives in the port later this week. Seattle activist tries to block Shell's fuel-transfer station 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Shell stored equipment in Seattle for the 2012 drilling season and wants to again use its deep-water port, loading space and workforce to load drilling rigs and the accompanying fleet with supplies and personnel. The debate over Arctic drilling - what's at stake 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z These include rising refinery processing rates, declining imports and a flattening of domestic crude production as companies decommission more drilling rigs. Signs of Higher Oil and Gas Prices as Stockpiles Dwindle 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z It is preparing “a small armada” of ships including two drilling rigs for this effort, Shell’s chief financial officer, Simon Henry, told reporters on Thursday. Exxon Mobil and Shell Earnings Reflect Oil Prices’ Plunge 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The number of drilling rigs fell from 160 in January to 133 in February. North Dakota oil production declines slightly in February 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Seattle's City Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday urging the Port of Seattle to reconsider its lease at Terminal 5 to host Shell Oil's Arctic drilling rigs. Seattle activist tries to block Shell's fuel-transfer station 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z It engaged in some high-stakes jockeying with Vietnam over disputed maritime claims in the South China Sea, moving an oil drilling rig to the Paracel Islands and declaring an exclusion zone around it. A ‘Great Wall of sand’ in the South China Sea 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Last year China and Vietnam became entangled in an angry exchange after China towed a $1 billion deepwater oil drilling rig to an area 150 miles off Vietnam’s coast. New Images Show China Literally Gaining Ground in South China Sea 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z At today’s tumbling prices, the shale industry is reacting quickly through major capital investment cuts and widespread drilling rig reductions. Give America's Energy Workers 'A Fair Go' - Lift The Oil Export Ban 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z An overcrowded tourist vessel sank in the Volga River in 2011, killing 122 people, and more than 50 died when a drilling rig sank in a storm later that year off Sakhalin Island. Search halted for the missing after Russian trawler sinks; 56 dead 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Seattle's planning department ruled the city's port must apply for a permit for the company to use it to store drilling rigs, a decision shipping company Foss Maritime has appealed. Seattle activist tries to block Shell's fuel-transfer station 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z It toned down its confrontation with Japan, agreeing to a handshake between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last November, and pulled back the drilling rig that infuriated Hanoi. A ‘Great Wall of sand’ in the South China Sea 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The 33 drilling rigs reported the week of Feb. 27 was almost half the 62 rigs recorded as recently as November. Is Wyoming ready for another bust? 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Probably not, because they’re all down at the docks protesting the parking of a drilling rig used in the Arctic. In The Sky! It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Cognitive Dissonance! 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z So when a lease was signed allowing Royal Dutch Shell, the petrochemical giant, to bring its Arctic Ocean drilling rigs to the city’s waterfront, the result was a kind of civic call to arms. Oil Company Lease Stirs Revolt in Green Seattle 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Across America the number of drilling rigs pumping oil has fallen by 38% since December, according to Baker Hughes, an oil-services firm. Life in the sprawl 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Only 14 drilling rigs are active on land in California, down from 48 in June, according to oil field services company Baker Hughes. California Resources is pulling back on spending amid oil price plunge 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z On the call, executives said they would shut down their last drilling rig in the Hugoton field at the end of February. Kansas oil and gas industry switches to “survival mode” 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It was suspended in early 2013 following the grounding of a drilling rig. Environmental groups sue Port of Seattle over Shell oil fleet 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z It has at least 12 different operating companies, including one that operates seven drilling rigs on the Alaskan North Shore. How Loopholes Transformed Dish Network Into a ‘Very Small Business’ 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and caused the largest oil spill in US history. BP bid to reduce spill fine rejected 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Because it means that America’s oil and gas drillers are responding quickly to low oil prices by circling the wagons, shutting down drilling rigs, cutting back on fracking and conserving capital. Why EOG Resources' Crummy Quarter Is Good For Oil 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z So they increased salaries to fantastic levels, drawing workers from around the country who’d never seen a drilling rig. Drop in oil prices leaves roughnecks at loose ends 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The rally began on Friday, when oil services firm Baker Hughes said the number of U.S. oil drilling rigs had its biggest weekly decline in nearly 30 years. Oil jumps as dollar dives, crude up 19 percent in four days 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The final chart shows that the rate of daily production is now more dependent on the number of drilling rigs than on the number of producing wells. U.S. Shale Boom May Come To Abrupt End 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z After suspending its Arctic program for years following the grounding of one of its drilling rigs, the company announced Thursday that it plans to start drilling this summer in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. Bad idea: Shell’s gearing up to start drilling in the Arctic again 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Only 14 drilling rigs are active on land in California, down from 48 in June, according to oil field services company Baker Hughes in Houston. Plunging oil prices choke off boom in Bakersfield 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z That plan was derailed weeks later, when BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and causing the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Obama Administration Proposes Offshore Oil Drilling in Atlantic 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “I see unlicensed drilling rigs as mobile artillery batteries, and the tankers that distribute the groundwater as missiles landing in every neighbourhood,” Gamal added. Yemen Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Water The next chart below shows Eagle Ford oil production, the number of producing wells and the number of active drilling rigs versus time. U.S. Shale Boom May Come To Abrupt End 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Prices found some support from a drop in U.S. drilling rigs, signifying a likely fall in future production. Oil slips $1 on China economy worries, record Iraq output 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The case relating to the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was heard in New Orleans. BP spill ruled smaller than feared 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Methane, the main component in natural gas, escapes from drilling rigs and pipelines during energy production and transportation. White House, citing climate threat, unveils rules to slash methane leaks from oil and gas wells 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z More drilling rigs are lighting up the horizon east of Cheyenne, but low oil prices raise doubts that brisk exploration will continue. Public packs meeting on Wyoming oil drilling regulation 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z "Things have changed a lot quicker than I thought they would," says Greg Doramus, sales manager at Orion Drilling in Corpus Christi, Texas, a small firm which leases 16 drilling rigs. As oil plummets, how much pain still looms for U.S. energy firms? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z New permit counts help indicate what drilling rigs will do several months in the future. Exclusive: New U.S. well permits rise slightly in December after crude oil plunge 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z As drilling rigs begin to shut down, jobs are going to shut down with them. This Chart Shows the Jump in U.S. Energy Jobs While Oil Collapsed 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z It is the scaffolding of drilling rigs, and it heralds a new chapter in Moab’s long history of energy extraction. Moab’s red rock country is under pressure from fracking 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Satellites that sweep over energy-rich northern New Mexico can spot the gas as it escapes from drilling rigs, compressors and miles of pipeline snaking across the badlands. Delaware-size gas plume over West illustrates the cost of leaking methane 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Once aglow at night from the bright lights twinkling on drilling rigs, the roads are now dark under the starry Arkansas sky. Natural Gas Glut Isn’t Deterring Southwestern Energy 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Many will try to spread the risk by, perhaps, sharing drilling rigs and other facilities. Oil sector on brink of upheaval 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z More recently in May, China stationed its new deepwater drilling rig within Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone setting off a series of violent protests in Vietnam. China Strengthening Claim to South China Sea Oil and Gas 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z On federal lands, drilling operators are allowed to use the gas they remove from deposits as fuel for their drilling rigs and other equipment on the well, for free. How Natural Gas Drilling Wastes Taxpayer Money 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z On drilling rigs, production wells and fracking sites, that share sinks to about 15 percent, and the number is actually expected to keep falling. Oil and Gas Industry's Latest Target: Women 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Soon after its drilling rig ran aground on New Year’s Eve in 2012, Shell halted exploration plans for the following year. Shell lawsuit against environmental groups ruled unconstitutional 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In May, China sent an oil drilling rig to waters claimed by the Vietnamese. China offers ASEAN friendship treaty as South China Sea tension bubbles 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Of course, they aren’t not alone in failing to acknowledge the connection between drilling rigs in the neighborhood and cheap prices at the pump. Will Oil Companies And Environmentalists Ever Find Common Ground? 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Yet in a bit of a strategic hedge, Hamm slashed Continental's 2015 capital spending budget by $600 million, saying he would not put more drilling rigs in the field while prices are low. U.S. oil CEO Hamm goes out on a limb, scraps hedges 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z For good measure, the Democrat also wanted to add another ballot measure that would have required a more than 600-meter buffer zone between drilling rigs and any residences. Fracking Threatens to Crack Politics 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z I ask her if she would really be happy with a drilling rig on her property - an almost impossibly picturesque scene of the American West. Colorado considers fracking's future 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z They then use relatively inexpensive coiled-tubing drilling rigs to punch in exploratory holes for mineral samples and electronic logging. Is The Next Giant Gold Field Hiding Under The Great Plains? 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The pollution, noise and added traffic generated by the fracking trucks and drilling rigs can be all the more irritating when not accompanied by a monthly royalty check. In Texas, a Fight Over Fracking 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z With average royalty rates in Texas paying landowners 25% off the top for any oil and gas recovered, that’s an enormous incentive for ranchers and farmers to welcome drilling rigs onto their land. America's Energy Outlook Is Fracking Great, For Now 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The current minimum distance is 350 feet for all drilling rigs. Group: state should increase drilling setbacks 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Initiative 88 mandated a 2,000-foot setback of drilling rigs from homes. How Colorado came to a fracking compromise 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Some of the locally rented equipment uses designs seldom seen in the United States since World War II, an indication that China still lags in drilling rig technology. China’s Effort to Produce Natural Gas Falls Far Short 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z This month, a drilling rig will poke six holes more than a mile down and a second rig will drill horizontal offshoots that will extend 8,000 feet or more. Fracker’s Trove Under Airport in Pittsburgh 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Greenpeace activists tried to stop Statoil's exploration campaign in May when they boarded one of the drilling rigs but were removed by police. Norway's Statoil comes up dry at Arctic wells 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But environmental groups assailed the agreement as a “secret deal” that would do little to keep new drilling rigs from rising near homes or schools. Ballot Fight on Drilling Is Avoided in Colorado 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z China eased tensions ahead of the meetings by removing a drilling rig from disputed waters off the Paracel Islands; deployment of the rig earlier this year spurred anti-China rioting in Vietnam. On The RiskMap Radar: Summits for ASEAN and Africa, Elections in Turkey 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z A drilling rig that ExxonMobil and Rosneft will operate as part of its exploration project in the Arctic Ocean already left port in Norway two days after Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was downed. Russia defiant in face of new US and EU sanctions 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Also, corrosion and scaling may occur in deep wells, and drilling rigs — also used by oil and gas companies — may not always be available, he said. Geothermal Industry Grows, With Help From Oil and Gas Drilling 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z The drilling rig operated by Exxon and Rosneft, called the West Alpha, left the Norwegian port of Olen on Saturday, and by Tuesday was sailing north off the coast of Norway, public maritime records show. Exxon Mobil Moves Ahead With Russian Oil Drilling Project 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Supporters call the measures sensible responses to the drilling rigs rising like beanstalks across much of Northern Colorado. Effort to Avoid Vote on Fracking Falters in Colorado 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z PSVs are deep-sea vessels designed primarily to transport supplies and equipment to and from offshore oil and gas support production platforms, offshore drilling rigs and other types of offshore vessels and installations. The Nigerian Millionaire Who Wants To Negotiate With Boko Haram 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Two months later, it deployed a $1 billion deep-sea oil drilling rig into disputed waters off the Vietnamese coast. China’s rise and Asian tensions send U.S. relations into downward spiral Among other things, the bill being circulated would give local governments the power to impose setbacks greater than 500 feet on drilling rigs. Local control compromise sought on drilling 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The explosion on the BP-operated drilling rig Deepwater Horizon about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in April 2001 killed 11 workers and set off the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. New trial ordered for ex-BP engineer 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Yet, on paper at least, it is also home to Rowan Companies, one of the largest operators of drilling rigs in the world. Britain becomes haven for U.S. companies keen to cut tax bills 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z China moved the drilling rig on 2 May, helping to spark anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam in which four people died. China ships 'rammed 1,400 times' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z This is leading to an oversupply in the ultra-deepwater drilling rig market. Transocean's Key Risks: Lower Dayrates On New Contracts, Utilization Rates 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Vess Oil Corp. chairman J. Michael Vess said Tuesday his company recently abandoned three western Kansas sites where it was ready to put up drilling rigs. Kansas oil producer knocks prairie chicken status 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel laid into China for allowing a state-owned drilling rig to drop anchor in the heart of heavily contested waters off the Vietnamese coast. China Fires Back at U.S. Criticism Over Asia-Pacific Instability 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Diamond Offshore is a leader in offshore drilling, providing contract drilling services to the energy industry around the globe with a total fleet of 45 offshore drilling rigs, including five rigs under construction. Friday Sector Laggards: Energy, Utilities 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The drilling rig is near the Paracel Islands, a grouping claimed by both China and Vietnam. China ships 'rammed 1,400 times' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Deadly riots erupted in Vietnam last week, after China's decision to move a drilling rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea. Manila and Jakarta agree on border 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The Vietnamese protesters are angry at China's decision to move a drilling rig into disputed waters. China ships evacuate Vietnam workers 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Days after Obama left the region, China deployed an oil drilling rig 150 miles off the coast of Vietnam, into a part of the South China Sea claimed by itself and Hanoi. Obama's Asia pivot tested by China's bold maritime claims 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The Chinese flotilla was meant to protect a deep sea drilling rig, which moved to the area on May 1. Vietnam's Limited Options for Dealing With China's Oil Rig 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z General Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said in Washington that the drilling rig was operating in China's territorial waters, activity he vowed to protect. China blames Vietnam, says won't cede inch of disputed territory 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The violence was sparked by the siting of a Chinese drilling rig in South China Sea waters, claimed by Vietnam earlier this month. Anti-China sentiment 'intense' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z They came after China placed a drilling rig 120 nautical miles off the coast of Vietnam, in waters claimed by Hanoi. Protest in Vietnam over China rig 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The US has warned China that moving a drilling rig into seas disputed with Vietnam was "provocative". US warns Beijing on South China Sea 2014-05-13T09:27:49Z Vietnamese and Chinese ships collided in disputed waters as China tried to bring in an oil drilling rig last week. China media: Manila tensions 2014-05-13T06:34:43Z That good will evaporated this week when Beijing made clear the drilling rig was staying put. In High Seas, China Moves Unilaterally 2014-05-10T01:10:06Z Beijing has demanded that Vietnam withdraw ships from around a Chinese drilling rig, the latest volley in an escalating standoff over parts of the South China Sea. Live From Radio City 2014-05-09T00:09:31Z The movement of the drilling rig follows recent attempts by China to solidify its increasingly muscular claims over both the South China Sea, one of the world’s major trading routes, and the East China Sea. Tensions Rise Between China and Vietnam Over Disputed Waters 2014-05-08T21:26:34Z Last week, Chinese and Vietnamese ships clashed over the drilling rig that China has placed in waters near the disputed Paracel Islands. US warns Beijing on South China Sea 2014-05-13T09:27:49Z Vietnam and China are at odds over China's plan to move its first deep-water drilling rig into an area which Vietnam claims as its territory. Philippines seizes Chinese boat 2014-05-07T09:51:38Z But by installing an expensive drilling rig in disputed waters, it now appears more willing to act first and invite diplomacy later. In High Seas, China Moves Unilaterally 2014-05-10T01:10:06Z The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caught fire and sank, 11 workers were killed and more than 4 million barrels of crude spilled into the gulf. Is Gulf cleanup over or not? BP and Coast Guard differ 2014-04-17T00:31:50Z Though some recommendations have been acted upon, including restructuring the regulatory agency that oversees drilling and increasing training and certification for government drilling rig inspectors, threats remain. Op-Ed Contributor: The Deepwater Horizon Threat 2014-04-16T23:36:00Z The company achieved international celebrity when its drilling rig reached the trapped Chilean miners before two rival rigs, an achievement touted widely in company literature. Walking, 'talking' drilling rigs aim to modernize fracking 2014-04-15T10:45:50Z All too quickly, residents realized the source of the midnight fireball: a shale gas drilling rig in their tiny rural hamlet. China Takes on Big Risks in Its Push for Shale Gas 2014-04-12T01:32:39Z “China’s location of the drilling rig in this block cannot be attributed solely to provocation,” Mr. Dutton said. In High Seas, China Moves Unilaterally 2014-05-10T01:10:06Z Assemble a drilling rig and drill a well. Inside America's Fracking Boom 2014-04-08T00:39:34Z In July the Timbalier 220 well spewed natural gas for two days in the gulf, setting a drilling rig on fire, before it could be stopped. Op-Ed Contributor: The Deepwater Horizon Threat 2014-04-16T23:36:00Z Conventional oilfield drilling rigs must be assembled in pieces, often requiring a crane. Walking, 'talking' drilling rigs aim to modernize fracking 2014-04-15T10:45:50Z She also pushed for stricter oversight of air quality near drilling rigs and worked with state regulators to position air monitors throughout the Barnett Shale. The Texas Tribune: Candidates’ Views on Drilling Begin With Glance Back 2014-03-28T00:15:53Z China’s action was almost certainly a long-term plan — the deployment of a deep water drilling rig takes months of preparation. In High Seas, China Moves Unilaterally 2014-05-10T01:10:06Z Wind turbines, electricity transmission towers and drilling rigs are generally the tallest objects on the plains. Prairie Chicken Listed As Threatened 2014-03-27T20:10:14Z Costs shot up because there was a global boom, inflating the price of hiring drilling rigs and equipment. Reliance and BP in India: Deep controversy 2014-03-20T16:01:13Z If you like this map, you might also be interested in these maps of drilling rig movements. Here’s Where All the U.S. Shale Oil and Gas Wells Are 2014-03-14T17:49:44Z There are no electron microscopes, space telescopes or drilling rigs that can go wrong. An elegant chaos 2014-03-12T18:50:02.533Z The next two maps show drilling rig movement for the first seven weeks of 2014, with the yellow end of the line depicting the starting location and the red end the destination: Drilling rigs are moving at a furious pace - a look at The Boom in maps 2014-03-05T12:25:00Z Through the windscreen of his truck he points out two massive drilling rigs on the horizon and a third about to be erected. The economics of shale oil: Saudi America 2014-02-13T15:59:49Z The well blowout and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20, 2010, led to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Ex-BP well managers must face Gulf spill criminal charges 2014-01-28T18:04:07Z But Statoil plans to use the boxes to fuel equipment, particularly drilling rigs that have already been converted to replace 40 percent of the diesel they burn with gas. Applying Creativity to a Byproduct of Oil Drilling in North Dakota 2013-12-18T01:11:45Z These canals allow boats, drilling rigs, pipelines and other equipment to get through the marsh, but also permit saltwater to flow into the wetlands, weakening and killing the that hold the marsh together. Louisiana Wetlands Tattered by Industrial Canals, Not Just River Levees 2013-12-14T13:45:07.271Z A drilling rig is operating near the facility where the incident occurred but it was not affected, she said, adding there was no apparent environmental impact. Five workers injured in explosion at Wyoming gas field 2013-11-23T09:50:32Z A local CBS-TV affiliate broadcast footage of big flames rising from a field and engulfing what appeared to be a drilling rig or other large piece of equipment. Chevron Pipeline Explodes, Burns in Rural Texas 2013-11-14T22:45:00.577Z A local CBS-TV affiliate was broadcasting live from the scene and showed heavy flames rising from an open field where there appeared to be a drilling rig and several vehicles. Rural Texas town evacuated after gas pipeline explosion 2013-11-14T17:07:54Z The company said that it would lease Transocean’s Polar Pioneer drilling rig as well as the Noble Discoverer rig it used earlier. Shell considering 2nd attempt to drill off Alaska’s Arctic coast 2013-11-01T00:26:00Z Video journalist Kieron Bryan, 29, was among 30 people arrested on the boat Arctic Sunrise at an offshore oil drilling rig on 18 September. Family hope to visit Greenpeace son 2013-10-30T17:48:48Z Video journalist Kieron Bryan, 29, from London, was one of 30 people arrested on boat Arctic Sunrise at an offshore oil drilling rig on 18 September. Greenpeace man fears 'losing years' 2013-10-27T01:05:19Z Video journalist Kieron Bryan, 29, from London, was on board the Arctic Sunrise at an offshore oil drilling rig when 30 people were arrested last month. Greenpeace man fears long jail term 2013-10-13T01:03:19Z Bulldozers sliced slabs of earth and six drilling rigs bored holes for a drainage system. Across China, Skyscrapers Brush the Heavens 2013-08-27T16:57:36Z On the morning of that last day, we visited a mechanical drilling rig in the village of Agazi that had just hit water. A Save-the-World Field Trip for Millionaire Tech Moguls 2013-08-08T09:00:14Z Fire raged on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, a day after a natural gas leak from the well forced the 44-person crew to evacuate the area. Fire collapses parts of natural gas rig; defaults occur despite loan program, report says 2013-07-25T00:27:30Z Fire raged on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, a day after a natural gas leak from the well forced the 44-person crew to evacuate. Fire rages on gulf rig leaking natural gas 2013-07-24T23:14:01Z The workers were aboard a portable drilling rig known as a jackup rig, owned by Hercules Offshore Inc., which was a contractor for exploration and production company Walter Oil & Gas Corp. Gas well on fire after blowout off Louisiana coast 2013-07-24T14:24:09Z The portable drilling rig is owned by Hercules, a contractor for the exploration and production company Walter Oil & Gas Corporation. Gas rig on fire in Gulf of Mexico 2013-07-24T06:01:55Z Natural gas flowed uncontrolled from a well off the Louisiana coast Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard a drilling rig, authorities said. FDA grants Plan B maker exclusivity 2013-07-24T02:58:41Z Natural gas flowed uncontrolled from a well off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 47 workers aboard a drilling rig, authorities said. Louisiana drilling rig blowout causes evacuation of 47 workers 2013-07-23T19:25:42Z At dozens of sites, drilling rigs are used to reach at least a mile deep into the shale, and then at least a mile horizontally through the rock formation. US to begin exporting 'fracked' gas 2013-07-16T00:52:57Z Japan earlier this month also expressed serious concern over China's construction of a drilling rig near a disputed gas field in the East China Sea. Japan paper warns of China 'danger' 2013-07-09T06:13:19Z Shale gas production is an industrial activity that brings to local areas drilling rigs, hydraulic fracturing pumps, trucks, and pipelines as well as lease payments, royalty checks, jobs, and cheap energy. If you care about the environment, you should welcome natural gas fracking 2013-07-08T14:45:00Z Hercules Offshore operated the drilling rig where the blowout occurred. FDA grants Plan B maker exclusivity 2013-07-24T02:58:41Z The workers were aboard a portable drilling rig known as a jackup rig, operated by Hercules Offshore. Louisiana drilling rig blowout causes evacuation of 47 workers 2013-07-23T19:25:42Z The village of Compton Martin in Somerset, left, and a Cuadrilla shale gas drilling rig near Blackpool. Fracking the nation: the dash for gas beneath rural Britain 2013-06-28T16:09:30Z A shale gas drilling rig preparing for fracking near Blackpool, Lancashire. Britain's shale gas deposits 'could supply country for 25 years' 2013-06-27T14:30:08Z She wonders whether all that will survive after the drilling rigs arrive. Greeley Journal: Supporting Oil and Gas, but Resisting Encroachment 2013-06-09T23:58:43Z Further complicating matters are shortages of technical expertise and drilling rigs, and regulations that differ widely among countries. Europe Faces Challenges in Effort to Embrace Shale Gas 2013-04-24T22:52:16Z A difficult course within sight of eight drilling rigs that produce natural gas in a booming area of North Dakota. To Food And Drink 2013-04-11T04:00:00Z He has returned with commuter regularity to those inhospitable places, hauling portable drilling rigs to probe the heart of ice caps and withdraw long thin cylinders of icy samples. High-Altitude Ice Reveals a Climate on the Rocks 2013-04-09T14:45:00.623Z Salazar and other officials said Shell had not been prepared to drill last year, when a season of blunders and accidents was capped with the New Year's Eve grounding of one of its drilling rigs. Shell barred from returning to drill for oil in Arctic without overhaul 2013-03-15T00:13:21Z Demand for deepwater drilling rigs is strong and contract durations are lengthening, so Gardner said it was hard for rig owners to avoid thinking about MLPs because of the potential improvement in their valuations. New Transocean CFO brings expertise unlocking value of oil rigs 2013-03-01T23:19:04Z But as Rühl explains, this is not simply a matter of more drilling rigs. Dot Earth Blog: A Look at the Role of Policy in America's New Oil and Gas Era 2013-02-06T15:37:30Z During the spill, half of the oil and most of the gas from the drilling rig never made it to the surface. Breaking The Code: Using Personalized Medicine For Environmental Cleanups 2013-01-16T23:15:18Z Late last month, Shell lost control of a drilling rig, which ran aground in the Gulf of Alaska; the company briefly lost control of another rig in July. Seven days: 11–17 January 2013 2013-01-16T18:20:50.247Z Shell have been criticised after their Arctic oil drilling rig Kulluk ran aground off a small Alaskan island on New Year's Eve. Shell barred from returning to drill for oil in Arctic without overhaul 2013-03-15T00:13:21Z Wind turbines, transmission towers and drilling rigs are generally the tallest objects on the plains. The Texas Tribune: Oil, Gas and Wind Industries Await Ruling on Prairie Chicken 2013-01-13T02:10:26Z A Coast Guard aircraft watches the tandem towing of the Shell’s drilling rig, the Kulluk, after a violent storm drove it aground last week. U.S. orders Arctic drilling assessment after rig mishap 2013-01-09T01:25:59Z Interior said it would examine the issues with Shell's containment vessel, as well as issues with Shell's two drilling rigs, the Noble Discoverer and the Kulluk. Government launches review of Shell Arctic drill program 2013-01-08T23:35:38Z An Arctic storm tore a drilling rig loose from its tow ship and forced it aground near Alaska's Kodiak Island this week. Oil Harvesting Goes To Extremes 2013-01-06T17:45:05.640Z Army has been called in to help with the battle to salvage Royal Dutch Shell's stricken Kulluk Arctic drilling rig, which has now been beached in environmentally delicate waters for nearly a week. PRESS DIGEST - Sunday British Business - Jan 6 2013-01-06T12:43:08Z The owner of the drilling rig that exploded and led to the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil penalties, the Justice Department said Thursday. Transocean set to pay $1.4 billion for role in 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster 2013-01-04T01:45:00Z A ban on operations in Brazil by Transocean, the world's largest offshore oil drilling rig operator, was overturned in September. Exclusive: Chevron Brazil ban ended, marks restart step 2012-12-01T01:38:57Z Porto is lead prosecutor on the civil lawsuits against Chevron and Transocean, the world's largest offshore oil drilling rig operator, for the 3,600-barrel spill in the Frade field, northeast of Rio de Janeiro. Exclusive: Chevron Brazil ban overturned; company offers changes 2012-11-30T22:10:19Z Moller-Maersk will not invest significantly in its shipping business over the next five years and will focus on its oil, drilling rigs and ports, the Financial Times reported. UPDATE 1-Market Chatter - Corporate finance press digest 2012-11-19T06:21:38Z "It is good that someone is being held accountable," said Stephen Stone, who was working on the doomed drilling rig on the day it exploded and lost some of his hearing. BP to Pay Record Fine 2012-11-16T03:02:18Z Our neighbour's shed went into the hole followed by the drilling rig. Worker rescued from mine collapse 2012-11-15T16:11:01Z The helicopter had been heading to the West Phoenix drilling rig, west of Shetland. Grounded helicopters start to fly 2012-11-07T07:34:42Z In fact, attendees raised $120,000 to help pay for a drilling rig. The Charity That's Reinventing the Nonprofit Business 2012-10-05T14:13:10Z Wang Yilin, the chairman of the oil giant, quoted in The Wall Street Journal, called deep-water drilling rigs "our mobile national territory and a strategic weapon." IHT Rendezvous: Will China Arm Its Fishermen to Protect a 'Core Interest'? 2012-09-12T05:26:02Z On Friday, the Noble Discoverer drilling rig was moored to eight anchors spread in a circular pattern 6,500 feet across on the sea floor to center the rig over the well. Shell set to begin drilling off Alaska 2012-09-08T23:51:19Z One drilling rig on the Blackfeet reservation generated 49 jobs for tribal members — a substantial feat in a place where unemployment is as high as 70 percent. Montana Tribe Divided on Tapping Oil-Rich Land 2012-08-16T02:23:08Z Gazprom is pioneering the oil development of Russia’s sector of the Arctic and was the first Russian company to dispatch a drilling rig to the Pechora Sea in northwest Russia last year. Environmentalists warn of risks of Arctic drilling 2012-08-14T13:15:00Z The five counties where there was the most drilling saw a rise in breast cancer throughout the counties.Without further exploration or analysis, Fox ridicules a pink drilling rig. Dot Earth Blog: More on Gas Drilling, Peer Review and Public Health 2012-08-02T19:00:24Z Fortunately the gas won’t simply be released into the air—methane is highly combustible, and uncontrollable amounts combustible gas is not something a drilling rig like simply floating around. Not Just Spills: The Climate Risks of Arctic Drilling 2012-07-20T13:05:30Z The truck traffic was intense: tanker trucks, drilling rigs. The Fight Over Fracking in Colorado's North Fork Valley 2012-07-12T23:27:28Z |
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