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 ...

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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 ...

The Trump administration reportedly wants to turbocharge offshore oil drilling in the U.S., including the coast of California. But it remains to be seen if any new rigs ever get built. “Dead on ...

Platform Harmony, seen from the Gaviota Coast of Santa Barbara County, is one of three oil platforms owned by Sable Offshore Corp. The company plans to restart production, which has been shut down ...

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 ...

Pelicans float on the water with an offshore oil platform in the background in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. in 2010 (AP photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) LOS ANGELES (CN ...