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OSLO, Norway (AP) – Statoil on Wednesday evacuated 326 oil rig workers from a North Sea platform after the structure began to tilt, the Norwegian oil company said. Company spokesman Ole Anders Skauby ...

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According to a recent Wood Mackenzie report, floating rig utilization has rebounded to levels last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, with rates experiencing a 40% surge over the past year. According ...

The plane sent out by Diamond Offshore Drilling after Hurricane Lili passed made the dismaying discovery that there was only empty water where the drilling rig Ocean Lexington had been. It immediately ...