Communities around the country rely on thriving oceans to promote strong economies through fishing and tourism. Multiple ...

President Joe Biden on Monday announced an executive action that will permanently ban future offshore oil and gas development in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a way that could be ...

Through direct exploration of the subseafloor, U.S.-supported scientific ocean drilling programs have significantly contributed to a broad range of scientific accomplishments in Earth science ...

As part of his current attack on the oceans, Trump revived this same unlawful order, attempting again to open the entire Arctic Ocean to oil drilling. “We defeated Trump the first time he tried to ...

The premise of a jackup rig is that it is self-elevating; here, the legs are stationed on ocean floor and the drilling equipment is jacked up above the water's surface. Providing a very stable ...

Hilcorp Alaska is looking at drilling three exploration wells in Cook Inlet over the next 5 years, along with production drilling and pipeline work, involving ocean-going tugs, a jack-up rig and ...

Furthermore, working in ultra-deepwaters, the drilling riser pipe may span thousands of feet from the bottom of the semisub to the stationary subsea well equipment located on the ocean floor.

Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil drilling along broad swaths of U.S. coastline, in what appeared to be the ...

A museum on offshore drilling may not sound like the most enticing thing to see on your trip to Galveston, but visitors say it's quite a hidden gem. Recent museumgoers describe the Ocean Star ...