While an oil rig may seem like a small city, it is actually one giant machine. Everyone will end up learning a little bit about everyone else's job and how various parts of the platform work.

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 the North and Baltic seas. It has been edited for length ...

According to data from Baker Hughes BHI, the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas has fallen by about 20% in the past year. This decline reversed a steady increase that began after the rig ...

Baker Hughes, a leading energy services company, said that the U.S. added oil and gas rigs this week for the first eight-week period.

The rig count in Canada ended the week with an additional 13 rigs running. For the week, the rig count in Canada stood at 258 ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 5-rig drop in the week prior.

Ukraine has captured oil rigs in the Black Sea as Kyiv's forces deal another blow to Vladimir Putin's Russian war machine. Posting on Telegram, the Ukrainian State Border Service (DPSU ...