It is designed to operate in water depths of up to 10,000 feet. The rig is owned by SFL and managed by Odfjell Drilling. It recently returned to Norway following work programmes in Namibia and ...

Offshore drilling is a direct result of the growing global appetite for oil and gas. At present, ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico are being exposed to an oil spill larger in magnitude and scope ...

Drilling on a new swath of ultra-deep crude oil wells in the depths of the Taklamakan Desert, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has started after the Spring Festival holiday ...

In many regions of Africa where oil is believed to be present, extensive seismic surveys have pinpointed dozens of hidden ...

“Our water resources are vital. The oil isn’t,” says Franck Beaufreton, mayor of neighbouring Villemer which was part of the ...

Once the lithium has been removed, the water will be reinjected back into the deep (roughly 10,000 ... identical to the drilling of a 10,000 ft. vertical oil or natural gas well.