New technologies and regulatory reforms have boosted the offshore industry, 15 years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine ...

The Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records for descending to the deepest depths ever explored in scientific ocean drilling. The ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

BEIJING, Dec 18 (Reuters) - China will on Friday conduct sea trials for its first ocean research drilling vessel, capable of drilling at depths of more than 10,000 metres (32,800 feet), a key step ...

Colossal deep-sea gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean’s Levant Sea are causing a scramble to start drilling – while concerns for irreversible damage to outstanding marine biodiversity, as well as ...

A consortium of oil companies comprised of BP plc (BP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-B), Chevron (CVX), and Conoco Philips (COP) announced Thursday that they would begin fresh drilling in a remote area off ...

The UK North Sea is becoming a happy hunting ground for a Norwegian offshore drilling company with a fast-growing backlog for its deep-water drilling units. Oslo-listed Dolphin Drilling has a ...

If Land of the Lost taught me anything, it’s that cool things lurk just below the surface of the earth (and Will Ferrel is the greatest actor of his generation). That’s where the Chikyu Hakken Deep ...