Oil rigs are critical for supplying the world with energy but working on a rig is not without its risks. In the eighties, a horror diving accident saw five men die after an unprecedented change ...

The total U.S. rig count is made up of 484 oil rigs, 103 gas rigs, and five miscellaneous rigs, according to the count, which revealed that the U.S. total comprises 529 horizontal rigs ...

while oil prices saw an increase before the rig data release. Drilling activity in the Permian Basin experienced a slight decline, and the Eagle Ford rig count held steady, both showing decreases ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States held steady this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 1-rig decrease in the ...

A year ago, 315 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is up one from last week at 593 rigs. A year ago, 624 rigs were active. The count shows that 486 rigs sought ...

Brazilian drilling contractor Constellation Oil Services has been awarded a new ... tender for the charter of a jack-up drilling rig to carry out plugging and abandonment work on offshore wells ...