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 environmental ...

When you think about offshore oil rigs, what comes to mind is what you may have seen in movies -- skeletal towers in the middle of a vast sea, some flares cutting through the darkness, and a crew that ...

BLACK BAY — The anonymous log, found months later in an oil platform’s living quarters, documented a worker’s tasks: He pumped oil, cleaned sludge and repaired the structure. Then, abruptly: “Shutting ...