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Offshore oil projects are experiencing a resurgence due to higher prices, leading to a boom in the floating rig business. The World Bank predicts a historic oil glut due to factors like rising ...

Later today, oil services and technology company Baker Hughes will release its U.S. rig count, which is the tally of active oil rigs in the country. Since the spring, rig count has declined, reaching ...

Kailem Donovan, 37, from Middlesborough, England, works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. Donovan works 12-hour shifts but gets three weeks of holiday every three weeks working on the rig. He ...

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North America lost one rig week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ first North America rotary rig count of 2025, which was released on January 3. Although the total U.S. rig count remained unchanged ...