When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what they could mean. Four years of underwater research revealed a lost world.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs in ... middle of the sea. The first rig I stepped onto ...

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 ...

A major solution to the climate crisis may lie at the bottom of the ocean ... wants to build floating rigs at strategic ...

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