I.1 Carry out PMs on drawworks, top drive mechanical assemblies, rotary tables, mud pumps, shakers/centrifuges, agitators, catwalk/pipe-handling mechanization, cranes and winches, air compressors, and ...

Just hours before a deadly explosion unleashed an unprecedented oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, managers on the drilling rig had a dispute about how work would proceed, according to testimony from ...

At-a-Glance: Onshore drilling rig Chief Mechanic pay typically falls around $480–$600 per day at mid-career, which annualizes to about $97,500–$110,000 on a 14/14 schedule. Entry-level chiefs land ...

Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories are more important now than ever. Support our newsrooms by making a contribution. Oil rig workers claim the industry is “rotten to the core”, angry that ...

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 ...

Reporting from Kenner, La., and Washington — — Hours before the fatal accident that sank the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, workers for the rig’s owner quarreled with BP ...

NEW ORLEANS - Company executives and top drill hands on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig argued for hours before a BP official decided to remove heavy drilling fluid from the well and replace it ...