Ukraine said its forces struck three Russian oil drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea on January 11. The platforms belong to ...

Oil majors are refusing to remove two offshore platforms in California, sparking a dispute that could stymie nationwide decommissioning efforts. CARPINTERIA, California — Two hulking platforms have ...

The Spurr oil platform stopped pumping crude from beneath the silty ocean water outside Anchorage in 1992. The platform, built in Cook Inlet during Alaska’s first oil boom in the 1960s, was losing ...

A specialized unit called a jackup rig, at left, drilled a natural gas well last year at Hilcorp’s Tyonek platform, right, in Cook Inlet. (Nathaniel Herz for Alaska Public Media) There are 17 offshore ...

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Antony Knights is an associate professor in marine sustainability in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork, Ireland. Anaëlle Lemasson is a postdoctoral ...

BLACK BAY — The anonymous log, found months later in an oil platform’s living quarters, documented a worker’s tasks: He pumped oil, cleaned sludge and repaired the structure. Then, abruptly: “Shutting ...

Hilcorp’s Spurr platform, photographed last year, has not produced any oil or gas since 1992. (Nathaniel Herz for Alaska Public Media) The Spurr oil platform stopped pumping crude from beneath the ...