When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...

Originally conceived as a bottom-supported drilling unit ... and these anchors are the only connection the rig has with the sea floor. Eventually, these bottle-type rigs were designed to only ...

Since the first jackup was built in 1954, jackups have become the most popular type of mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for offshore exploration and development purposes. In fact, there are ...

Valaris 120 is a jackup rig - a platform that can lower its legs to the sea bottom to provide a stable base over the surface of the water. Harbour Energy said further information about the ...

occurs after bringing the oil rig online and dropping its drill into the ocean. Upon doing so, the crust splits, and a jagged ...