Coast Guard crews battled a blaze on an oil rig off the coast of Italy. The fire broke out on the Rospo Mare B oil platform ...

Italy's coastguard said Wednesday it had evacuated 26 people after a fire broke out on an oil platform in the Adriatic Sea, but no injuries or pollution have been reported.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs in the North ... sea survival, and fire awareness.

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 5-rig drop in the week prior.

The Etap development is currently one of the largest in the North Sea BP has said it was "regrettable" there was no water to tackle a fire that led to the evacuation of a North Sea rig.

According to data from Baker Hughes BHI, the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas has fallen by about 20% in the past year. This decline reversed a steady increase that began after the rig ...