Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures found on the water, but are they just floating out there? How do they stay in place? Here's what we know.

Oil platforms like the Bullwinkle in the Gulf of Mexico can span over 1,000 feet in length. From floating to fixed platforms, there are many different types of oil rigs.

Which brings us to Siren's Rest, the newly announced DLC for The Chinese Room's oil rig horror game Still Wakes the Deep: That's right, it's going underwater.

A catastrophic oil spill has focused attention on the thousands of oil platforms that extract oil from offshore deposits.

The Gulf is one of the richest deposits of offshore oil and gas in the world, and almost 600 unused rigs have been left as underwater reefs.

Robotic devices monitoring the deepwater well where a giant oil rig exploded and sank last week have discovered that oil is leaking, a development that an official called a “game changer.” ...

Deep sea divers who pull apart oil wells are getting the documentary TV treatment, and their hazardous job brings home a lesson now playing out in the Gulf of Mexico -- expect the unexpected.<BR ...

The blast on the premier rig, the Deepwater Horizon, is a reminder of hazards as the oil industry searches ever deeper for new resources.

Reefing oil rigs clearly benefits oil companies, but scientists say it’s also good for marine life. Unplanned underwater communities Offshore petroleum platforms are designed to withstand ...

Noble Corp., the world’s biggest offshore oil-rig contractor by market value, expects the Biden administration’s new offshore-drilling plan to push new investments out of the US and into other ...