Modern offshore oil rigs are engineering wonders designed to accommodate massive crews and operate in some of the most hostile environments on Earth. As the demand for oil drives exploration into ...

Petrobras PBR, Brazil's largest state-owned oil and gas company, has made a significant decision to pause its drilling activities in the Foz do Amazonas Basin following a fluid leak that occurred at ...

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

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Oil-focused drilling activity continued to suffer while natural gas-focused activity continues to rise, according to the weekly summary of drilling activity. Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes said ...

Despite a year-over-year decline, the North American drilling rig count increased by 7 this week, reaching 725. Oil rigs in Canada increased by 3, while the US added 2 oil-directed rigs. The drilling ...

The number of oil and gas rigs actively drilling in the US fell by 2 to 544 during the past week, Baker Hughes said in its ...

US oil and gas drilling rig activity increased this week with the addition of 7 rigs, bringing the total working rigs to 549. This week’s count, however, is down 38 rigs from the comparable period a ...

Julianne Geiger is a veteran editor, writer and researcher for Oilprice.com, and a member of the Creative Professionals Networking Group. The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in ...

The number of total oil and gas drilling rigs in the U.S. dropped by 7 to 547, falling for the ninth consecutive week in the longest series of declines since an 18-week drop in July 2020, Baker Hughes ...