Discover the remarkable story of the Petronius oil rig, an engineering marvel situated in the Gulf of Mexico. This video explores the technological innovations and challenges faced during deep-sea oil ...

Oil rig jobs can seem very appealing in any job market, but there are a number of harsh realities to working on them that ...

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

At-a-Glance: Become a mud engineer (drilling fluids engineer) by combining core science/engineering education, “mud school” training, safety certifications (offshore/onshore), and 12–24 months of ...

A drilling fluids engineer manages the design, testing, treatment, and performance of drilling and completion fluids at the rig site to maintain wellbore stability, ensure hole cleaning, control ...

— -- WASHINGTON—The Justice Department filed its first criminal charges related to the BP oil spill Tuesday, accusing a former company engineer of destroying records requested by prosecutors ...

There's no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes with the territory at times: The Perdido oil ...