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 ...

Transocean's ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig Deepwater Horizon recently drilled the deepest oil and gas well ever while working for BP and its co-owners on the Tiber well in the U.S. Gulf of ...

NEW YORK — Nearly seven miles below the Gulf of Mexico, oil company BP has tapped into a vast pool of crude after drilling the deepest oil well in the world.

With a name like Bandit, it's got to be a record-breaker. Houston-based energy giant (and uniform patch-level Astros sponsor) Occidental Petroleum is partnering with Chevron to drill the deepest well ...