Crews are clearing the massive Doyon 26 drilling rig from the North Slope. Concern remains for the spilled diesel and ...

A 21-meter drilling rig collapsed onto a busy road in Daegu on Wednesday, injuring three people and disrupting traffic. The ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Qatari company says one of its oil drilling rigs will need several months of repairs and maintenance after an accident off the Gulf nation’s coast. Gulf ...

What started as routine drilling ended in a geological nightmare. Lake Peigneur collapsed into the ground, swallowing barges, land, and a massive drilling rig—leaving behind Louisiana’s deepest lake.

A catastrophic error on a semi-submersible oil drilling rig in November led to five deaths when pressure plummeted in a fraction of a second.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called for a congressional investigation of safety practices at offshore oil rigs. Nelson, a Florida Democrat who has led opposition to offshore drilling, said he asked the U.S.

The city’s Economic Development Corporation has halted drilling work and will conduct an investigation into how a subcontractor ended up punching a hole through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel on Wednesday, ...

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