NEW ORLEANS — A deep-water oil platform that burned for more than a day after a massive explosion sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, creating the potential for a major spill and underscored the ...
Oil rigs are structures used to extract crude oil and natural gas from beneath the Earth's surface, and there are many spread all over the globe. While most people think of offshore oil platforms as ...
Mary Nishimoto aboard M/V Danny C cargo ship in front of Platform Holly. (Courtesy photo) The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will host Mary ...
MEXICO CITY, June 21 (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil monopoly Pemex said it will acquire eight new offshore oil drilling platforms and other equipment worth $1.2 billion to expand production in the ...