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Norway-based Tampnet, a notable player in offshore private 5G, has a major new multi-site gig with oil firm Aker BP, and a ...
Jack-up rigs are used in shallow waters up to around 500 feet and can drill beyond 5.6 miles. Their long legs — which reach the seabed and elevate the platform above the surface — offer a ...
Subsea systems can be used at depths of up to 2100 meters. Spar platforms are the largest type of offshore oil rig and can also reach the furthest down.
This transition reflects a growing trend of converting obsolete oil infrastructure into ecological havens. Genesis Platform Retired and Repurposed as Offshore Reef to Support Marine Ecosystems ...
The platform’s proximity to SHEL’s Perdido spar platform, where Chevron U.S.A. holds a 37.5% interest, highlights the strategic nature of the Whale project within the broader framework of ...
Since this was during the Cold War, but before the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bronson’s reference to “Texas Towers” were off-shore radar platforms that looked like oil-drilling rigs.
I work on an oil rig. It has lonely moments, but every rig I've been on is like a family. As told to Claire Turrell Oil and Gas Drilling Rig over Offshore Platform Getty Oct 10, 2024, 4:58 AM PT ...
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 ...
U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the fifth time in six weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its report on Friday.
Look behind you. I don't want to! You must. You must! In Still Wakes the Deep, a horror game set on an oil rig, there is a button you can press that allows you to look behind you. They don't tell ...