CNOOC has installed the largest and heaviest offshore platform at a field in the Bohai Sea, the company said today, boasting the facility was 22.8 meters high and weighed over 20,000 tons. The ...

Modern offshore oil rigs are engineering wonders designed to accommodate massive crews and operate in some of the most hostile environments on Earth. As the demand for oil drives exploration into ...

Innovators are developing creative ways to give old infrastructure a second life. Credit: Andrey Suslov via Shutterstock. Around the world, thousands of offshore oil and gas platforms are reaching the ...

Another step has been taken in the Trump administration’s efforts to expand offshore drilling in California — but the process is still in its early stages, and it’s not clear if oil companies are ...

A Texas oil firm is fighting an uphill battle with the state of California to restart crude oil production and sales from three platforms in federal waters offshore Santa Barbara. Houston-based Sable ...