On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. There were thousands of ...

HOUSTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. oil industry has laid off thousands of workers and cut billions in spending due to lower oil prices and the biggest consolidation in a generation, in what could ...

At Houston’s CERAWeek conference last March, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance was giddy with optimism. Lance called the energy team assembled by President Trump the best “we’ve had in decades,” and ...

Britons are being warned to be wary of scammers online pretending to work on an oil rig or in the army when being romanced. In a cruel type of ruse, scammers gain the trust of a victim by posing as a ...

Nigeria’s upstream oil sector is showing strong signs of recovery, with a 66% surge in active oil rigs reflecting renewed ...

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week in a row for the first time since February, ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States increased this week, with oil rigs rising for the third consecutive week. Weekly U.S. crude oil production saw a slight ...

A study of migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig has revealed their vital role as long-distance pollen transporters. Researchers studied 121 marmalade hoverflies that landed on an oil rig in the ...

North America added seven rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was released on September 12. The U.S. added two rigs and Canada added five rigs ...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revoked the operating licence of Oritsemeyin Rig and directed it to cease all operations upon the completion of its current well ...