A top Transocean drilling manager denies he was involved in a heated argument with a BP manager aboard the Deepwater Horizon hours before it exploded in the Gulf last month. The manager was testifying ...

KENNER, La. — The Transocean manager of the doomed Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig told a board of inquiry on Thursday that BP officials aboard the rig wanted to skip required pressure tests ...

HOUSTON Government investigators are turning their attention this week to actions by onshore managers for BP and Transocean that may have contributed to the oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

One of my more antediluvian attitudes, which I find quite embarrassing, is a tendency to think of certain jobs as, well, manly, even though I am quite aware that they can be performed by women, who do ...

I had an interesting conversation last week with one of our readers, Sal from Louisiana, who works on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf. This is certainly a "dirty job" but I was impressed by how these ...

WALNUT GROVE — A 49-year-old Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying about testing on a key safety device ...

After more than 20 years of offshore drilling experience, Deng Mingchuan now finds himself chasing a new mission at what has swiftly become China's largest rig manager. The general manager of ...

A former drilling rig manager for Helmerich & Payne Inc. was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge in New Orleans for his role in falsifying testing data on rig safety equipment in the Gulf of Mexico ...

JOBS on oil rigs can be a popular choice for people looking for a career that offers a good salary but doesn’t require a university degree. There are a variety of different roles available on oil rigs ...

Rig operators, the companies who own and operate oil rigs, face a maze of employment law whether their operations are onshore or offshore, big or small. The equal employment guarantees of federal law ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A gas and oilfield rig manager died after an heroic attempt to stop a massive explosion, a Brisbane inquest was told today. Rodney ...

Kemper has announced its new Profiler Rig Manager app for iOS, which finally unlocks the ability to control Kemper Profilers via an iPhone. Replacing the existing iPad-only Rig Manager app, the latest ...