The oil was released by two aging Russian tankers that were damaged during a heavy storm in the Kerch Strait on Dec. 15. At least 2,400 metric tons of oil spewed into the sea, Russian officials said.

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea ... the oil was still washing ashore and “has dragged on and does not stop” despite assurances from scientists that it would sink to the bottom.

A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live ...

The world's worst offshore disaster was on the Piper Alpha rig in 1988 when 167 men died. Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea.

The risk of conflict in the South China Sea is significant ... rights to exploit the region's possibly extensive reserves of oil and gas. Freedom of navigation in the region is also a contentious ...

Built in the U.S., the Irish Sea ... the rigs. These reduced housing needs will streamline the platform's profile as viewed from shore, and improve the economic viability of offshore oil production.

British singer Melua and her band made the Guinness World Records in 2006 by recording a live concert at the bottom of an enormous drilling platform, attended by an audience of 20 oil rig employees.

Did you know that after the completion of the construction of one of the tallest buildings in the world - the Empire State ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a third week in a row to the lowest ...

The total number of active oil and gas drilling rigs in the US decreased by four to 576. US crude oil production fell to 13.477 million bpd, down from 13.481 million bpd the previous week.

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 4-rig drop in the week prior.