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

U.S. oil and gas companies are using automation and outsourcing to reduce their workforce, despite record production levels. The oil and gas industry is not expected to see job growth, and wages are ...

Top-paid oil rig operaters earn more than $89K. June 16, 2010 — -- The oil industry may be a magnet for controversy in the U.S. right now, with crude continuing to gush from BP's ruined deep ...

There's no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes with the territory at times: The Perdido oil ...

Leads and controls all rigging and lifting operations on drilling and production installations, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient handling of equipment, tubulars, and cargo on deck and between ...

The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago. By Rebecca F. Elliott Rebecca F. Elliott spoke to ...

Off-shore oil drilling currently accounts for over 35% of the world's total oil production, and that number has consistently risen over recent history. While a majority of oil extraction takes place ...

US President Donald Trump promised to ‘drill, baby, drill’. After a year in office, the US oil rig count is steadily declining, but production is on the up.

A drilling fluids engineer manages the design, testing, treatment, and performance of drilling and completion fluids at the rig site to maintain wellbore stability, ensure hole cleaning, control ...

The number of drilling rigs working in the US and Canada fell by 13 the week ended Dec. 19, according to Baker Hughes.