There's no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes with the territory at times: The Perdido oil ...

The Norwegian owners of two state-of-the-art deepwater drilling rigs are working hard to secure new contracts for the units which are currently unemployed despite their excellent track records and ...

US drilling activity fell this week, according to Baker Hughes Inc.'s rotary rig count, released Friday. The US rig count fell 2 rigs, reaching 585 still working. This week's count is down from the ...

Seadrill said the ultra-deepwater drillship West Capella won a contract in Malaysia that is expected to start in the second quarter of 2026. The well-based program is expected to run about 440 days, ...