Oil rig jobs can seem very appealing in any job market, but there are a number of harsh realities to working on them that ...

Interstate 80 is closed in both directions near Alta after two big rigs crashed in the area on Friday, the California Highway Patrol said. The first big rig crashed and spilled oil and gas on the road ...

Oil prices moved up modestly Wednesday after Baker Hughes reported a big weekly drop in the number of active U.S. oil rigs. The decline in rigs suggests that producers are cutting back on output, said ...

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Tuesday.

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The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 4 this week, according to new data that ...

Discover how human perceptions of height have evolved, from the awe and fear surrounding the Empire State Building’s 1250-foot peak to the astonishing scale of today’s offshore oil rigs. This video ...