Sea lions are often spotted resting on the platform during low tide. Photograph by Joe Platko This marine hot spot is one of 23 oil rigs and pipelines off the coast of California, fifteen of which ...

As it stands, roughly 12,000 offshore oil and gas rigs pepper the world's coastlines. These platforms typically operate for between 20 and 40 years. Industry experts believe that thousands of ...

Gwynne Shotwell told reporters last week that SpaceX sold the two oil rigs that SpaceX was converting for launching and landing rockets. Shotwell said they were not the right platform. SpaceX is still ...

To find pockets of oil and gas under the sea floor, energy companies use loud air guns to create seismic maps. Once a large deposit is found, rigs (also called platforms) more than two miles deep ...

Min said mandating the decommissioning of oil platforms would give the state leverage in discussions with the operating companies about how to clean up the rigs and, if possible, convert them to ...

An oil rig in the same class as the ones SpaceX purchased with plans to convert into launch platforms. SpaceX has since dropped those plans and sold the rigs. Credit: ENSCO WASHINGTON — SpaceX ...

Modern offshore oil ... platforms can reach thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean, allowing access to seabeds that were unreachable previously. Currently, the most advanced deepwater ...

Oil and gas rigs in United Kingdom waters of the North Sea could be forced to convert over to green energy or low-carbon fuels, or either face closure or getting banned from opening new platforms ...

An increasingly hot-button issue, oil rigs have become the physical embodiment of larger economic and environmental debates, garnering praise from conservative politicians and the ire of ...