An owl has been released back into the wild after it was rescued from a North Sea oil rig, after being blown off course by Storm Amy. The female owl was discovered on the Noble Patriot platform, 180 ...

In February 1982, the Ocean Ranger, the world’s largest semi-submersible oil rig, faced one of the most violent North ...

As tempests go, tropical storm Bonnie would barely be strong enough to cause a Louisianan to look up from his gumbo. As of Friday evening, the National Hurricane Center actually downgraded Bonnie to a ...

When you think about offshore oil rigs, what comes to mind is what you may have seen in movies — skeletal towers in the middle of a vast sea, some flares cutting through the darkness, and a crew that ...