Kailem Donovan, a rigger who works the in North and Baltic seas, shares what it's like offshore on the rig, from feeling lonely to spotting dolphins.

You work 12 hours a day, seven days a week, in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. And every day is a crapshoot at the bottom ...

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David Callahan is one of a few hundred people who are deep-sea oil rig divers, and he can’t imagine doing anything else Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has ...

This pioneering service means that offshore workers can now communicate more easily with friends and family back home using e-mail, instant messaging and web cam. Schlumberger and BT announced the ...

An increasingly hot-button issue, oil rigs have become the physical embodiment of larger economic and environmental debates, garnering praise from conservative politicians and the ire of environmental ...

Once I reach the ocean floor, I have 40 minutes maximum to work. Diving has intense physiological effects on your body, so you never want to run out of time. There’s a technique called burning, or ...