Equinor has acknowledged that an incident on board a semi-submersible drilling rig working on the Troll gas field offshore Norway in September 2025 was the most serious category in its safety ...

Transocean Ltd. RIG along with partner Enhanced Drilling established the latest Enhanced Kick Detection (“EKD”) system for rapid kick detection, which enables safe drilling rig operations. Notably, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized tighter rules for complex devices meant to prevent catastrophic blowouts on offshore oil and gas drilling rigs, reversing some Trump ...

Mineral exploration is often be considered to be a rudimentary process; one of hardcore geoscience, with prospectors poring over maps and collecting rock core samples using drilling technology that is ...

Enhancing offshore worker safety is a much-mooted ideal to which many executives across the oil and gas business seem only too eager to sign up -- but fewer seem willing to pick up the additional ...

Rig owner Borr Drilling has paused operations on three rigs in the Gulf while another operated by a customer was evacuated following an incident.

At-a-Glance: Directional drilling safety centers on well control integrity, high-pressure systems, rotating equipment, and collision avoidance. The protocols below define the barriers, procedures, ...

The Drilling Rig Market is poised to grow from USD 86.92 billion in 2025 to USD 140.75 billion by 2033, recording a CAGR of 6 ...

Update, 6 p.m. Monday: Violent seas kept the Royal Dutch Shell drilling unit Kulluk stuck in the Gulf of Alaska Monday night, as crews try to figure out how to protect the multi-million dollar vessel.