A top Transocean drilling manager denies he was involved in a heated argument with a BP manager aboard the Deepwater Horizon hours before it exploded in the Gulf last month. The manager was testifying ...

LITTLE ROCK — In addition to the fishermen and hoteliers whose livelihoods have been devastated by BP’s hemorrhaging undersea oil well, another group of Gulf Coast residents is beginning to suffer: ...

Offshore has been hit particularly hard during the oil slump, and many companies are cutting offshore rig jobs.

Another witness, Paul Johnson, an onshore rig manager for Transocean, testified Monday that some of the maintenance issues in the audit were important enough that BP did not want drilling to ...

One of my more antediluvian attitudes, which I find quite embarrassing, is a tendency to think of certain jobs as, well, manly, even though I am quite aware that they can be performed by women ...

Unemployment An oil rig worker onshore who is fired by the tool pusher -- the installation or rig manager -- will find that his unemployment compensation rights vary by state.

WALNUT GROVE — A 49-year-old Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying about testing on a key safety device ...

Todd Case, left, the offshore installation manager for the Kulluk, testifies during a formal marine investigation hearing Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Coast Guard is leading the ...

A former drilling rig manager for Helmerich & Payne Inc. was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge in New Orleans for his role in falsifying testing data on rig safety equipment in the Gulf of Mexico ...

JOBS on oil rigs can be a popular choice for people looking for a career that offers a good salary but doesn't require a university degree. There are a variety of different roles available on oil rigs ...

Kemper has announced its new Profiler Rig Manager app for iOS, which finally unlocks the ability to control Kemper Profilers via an iPhone. Replacing the existing iPad-only Rig Manager app, the latest ...