The upper reaches of the fixed platforms feature a deck with space for living quarters, the drilling rig itself, and facilities for oil production. Out of the seven major types of offshore oil ...

China is operating a fixed structure resembling an oil ... steel legs similar to those found on jack-up rigs, allowing the barge-shaped platform to be raised above the water while anchoring ...

On crowded platforms, a small army labors to keep up the extraction of fossil fuels from the state’s oldest producing oil and ...

Ltd. (EDrill) is acquiring three tender rigs it has already been operating ... deployment of tender rigs for development drilling on fixed platforms in shallow waters and Spars and TLPs in ...

Once a large deposit is found, rigs (also called platforms) more than two miles deep are anchored to the seafloor, though some float. These platforms are immense. The Bullwinkle platform in the ...