Off-shore oil drilling currently accounts for over 35% of the world's total oil production, and that number has consistently risen over recent history. While a majority of oil extraction takes place ...

Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy -- including some strange sources being explored-- is still a long way away.

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 1 this week, according to new data that ...

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 ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that ...

Massive, offshore rigs the size of skyscrapers remain at sea around the world. Here's why these environmentalists say some should be left alone. An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of ...

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