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

Todd Case, left, the offshore installation manager for the Kulluk, testifies during a formal marine investigation hearing Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Coast Guard is leading the ...

KENNER, La. — The Transocean manager of the doomed Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig told a board of inquiry on Thursday that BP officials aboard the rig wanted to skip required pressure tests ...

WALNUT GROVE — A 49-year-old Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying about testing on a key safety device ...

JOBS on oil rigs can be a popular choice for people looking for a career that offers a good salary but doesn’t require a university degree. There are a variety of different roles available on oil rigs ...

A top Transocean drilling manager denies he was involved in a heated argument with a BP manager aboard the Deepwater Horizon hours before it exploded in the Gulf last month. The manager was testifying ...

Under a sweltering sun, rig manager Joe Boop watched as three of his crew yanked with grease-stained hands on a huge red wrench to adjust long brown pipes that stretched down through 210 feet of water ...

Rig operators, the companies who own and operate oil rigs, face a maze of employment law whether their operations are onshore or offshore, big or small. The equal employment guarantees of federal law ...

Annualized pay depends on rotation and time on rig. A common approach for day-rate roles is: \( \text{Annualized} \approx \text{Day Rate} \times \text{Days Worked per Year} \). For equal-time ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - What jobs offer the highest pay? Investment banking is up there. So is specialist surgery. But consider this. Slightly over twenty years ago, Johnathan Roberts started work on an ...