This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs in ... middle of the sea. The first rig I stepped onto ...

The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 when 167 men died. Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea.

December 27, 1965: Britain’s first ever North Sea oil rig collapsed and killed 13 men during a bitter snowstorm and 20ft-high waves on this day in 1965. BP’s Sea Gem drilling platform was in the ...

Life on an Offshore Oil Rig: The Reality of Working at Sea Life working on an offshore oil rig is a unique blend of routine and adventure. Workers typically follow a 14/21 schedule (two weeks on ...

Series one was set on a North Sea oil platform ... to another secret rig in the Arctic. The Ancestor – the bubbly subaquatic revenge monster that draws circles on the sea bed, starts tsunamis ...

The Rig season 2, a Prime Video thriller set in the North Sea, continues its tale of survival ... Season 2 explores the mysteries surrounding the Kinloch Bravo oil rig and the threats facing ...

It was a great day, early last month, aboard British Petroleum’s offshore drilling rig ... Oil Co. of England, the only other company that has struck gas in Britain’s portion of the North Sea ...