NEWORLEANS-- A Gulf of Mexico rig crew tried to activate their blowout preventer's shear rams to cut a pipe and shut off the well before they were forced to flee Tuesday, sources close to the ...

The incident occurred during pressure testing of the BOP as the ultra-harsh environment rig was being prepared for mobilisation after drilling an unsuccessful exploration well on the Ulvetanna ...

A Deepwater Horizon worker has told the BBC he warned BP and its partners weeks ahead of the catastrophic explosion aboard the Gulf of Mexico oil rig that a crucial piece of hardware on the sea floor ...

NEW ORLEANS – The owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico has told federal investigators that the now infamous blowout preventer is in danger of corroding and its value as a key piece of ...

National Oilwell Varco NOV recently inked an agreement to sell 20,000-psi blowout preventor stacks (BOP) to Transocean Ltd. RIG, thereby becoming the first oilfield equipment provider to design and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Valaris, the world's largest offshore drilling company by fleet size, is set to lose one of the most lucrative contracts in the offshore drilling industry today after it recently accidentally dropped ...

A NEW semi-submersible being built at the Caspian Shipyard at Bibi Eybat, close to the Azerbaijan capital Baku, will be able to accommodate a 20,000 pounds per square inch blowout preventer unit when ...

A confidential survey of Deepwater Horizon workers carried out just weeks before the Gulf oil rig burst into flames and sparked America's worst-ever environmental disaster shows grave concerns about ...