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 ...

Spar platforms are the largest type of offshore oil rig and can also reach the furthest down. Using a large cylinder in the center to help stabilize the platform from severe weather, there are ...

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 ...

Now, cormorants plunge through the surface, and dozens of sea lions dip down ... on the platform during low tide. Photograph by Joe Platko This marine hot spot is one of 23 oil rigs and pipelines ...

The Spurr oil ... “rigs to reefs” program allows businesses to keep half of the avoided cost of platform removal, with the rest going to the government. “The state has not been willing to ...

If oil company owners fret about the cost of tearing these platforms down, why not convert them into money-making enterprises that would make steady income far into the future? Or is the concept ...