Whether or not you have entered into this spring with some official or unofficial fishing instruction, chances are that you will happen across certain terms such as these that might make something ...

Atlas Copco has launched a new multi-purpose single boom drill rig for use in both mining and tunneling projects. Diesel-powered and carrying its own water supply it can be used where no electrical or ...

This week's offshore rig review examines the current boom in rig construction and compares it with the last big boom of the early 1980s. This week, offshore rig utilization inched up slightly to 83.6% ...

The current cycle has been geared heavily towards new generation deep-water units and larger, high-specification jack-up rigs. Today, industry has more than 100 mobile offshore rigs either on order, ...

On the prairie of northeast Colorado, Roger Stumpff stands in a muddy lot and looks at the pieces of a giant blue-and-white drilling rig that have become the heart of his business.Decades ago, Stumpff ...

Energy companies are retooling their fleets of aging drilling rigs for the first time in decades, boosting the profits of companies that make the equipment used in the booming businesses of deep-sea ...