The final minutes on Deepwater Horizon were a cascade of missed warnings, bad assumptions, and systems that failed when they ...

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During a violent North Sea storm, more than 200 men were sheltering on an offshore platform when they heard a sudden metallic ...

Louisiana's deepest lake formed after a drilling accident caused a sinkhole to collapse and a whirlpool to form, turning a 10 ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will host Mary Nishimoto, liaison for the Joint Oil/Fisheries Liaison Office (JO/FLO) of South/Central California, for a look at the unique, four-decade model ...

The number of oil and gas rigs actively drilling in the U.S. stayed unchanged at 551 for the second straight week, Baker Hughes reported Friday in its latest weekly survey. During the week ended ...

The number of oil and gas rigs actively drilling in the U.S. remained unchanged at 551, Baker Hughes reported Friday in its latest weekly survey. During the week ended February 13, drilling rigs ...

1528 ET – Crude oil futures settle the day slightly higher, but still finish the week losing ground. For the week, crude oil fell 1% to $62.89 a barrel. This afternoon’s Rig Count Report from Baker ...

There were 9 rigs drilling in Alaska the week ended Feb. 13, 2026, according to Baker Hughes data. The active rig count in the US was unchanged from last week with 551 rigs running for the week ended ...

Total U.S. rig count remained at 551, with oil rigs down three and gas rigs up three. U.S. crude production rose to 13.713 million bpd, nearing an all-time high. Permian rig activity declined again ...

A long history of underinvestment, extreme political risk, and organized crime. These are just some of the issues that U.S. oil and minerals companies might face if they were to set foot into ...